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

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