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

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