claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“a productof society-wideinequalities”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitystaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rant“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“ongoingdiscussions”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“intellectualdiversity”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”claims Covidis preventingequity workreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“bandwidth”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“a productof society-wideinequalities”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitystaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rant“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“ongoingdiscussions”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“intellectualdiversity”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”claims Covidis preventingequity workreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“bandwidth”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever

McDermott Equity Work - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students
  2. I-someone recommends “White Fragility”
  3. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  4. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  5. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  6. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  7. B-spends more time naming equity committee than doing equity work
  8. G-uses existence of equity committee that they don’t listen to as evidence of their commitment to equity
  9. O-staff sets up 30 minute equity meeting, goes on 27 minute unrelated rant
  10. G-“always open to your suggestions”
  11. N-willing to violate endowment for literally any reason except admitting underrepresented students
  12. N-“ongoing discussions”
  13. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results
  14. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  15. I-“intellectual diversity”
  16. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  17. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  18. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  19. G-“a time to listen”
  20. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work
  21. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work
  22. G-claims we can’t be racist because it’s not “intentional”
  23. N-“bandwidth”
  24. O-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever