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

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