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

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