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

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