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

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