“a productof society-wideinequalities”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“a timetolisten”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“ongoingdiscussions”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitydemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteestaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”claims Covidis preventingequity workreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“bandwidth”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“a productof society-wideinequalities”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“a timetolisten”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“ongoingdiscussions”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitydemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteestaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”claims Covidis preventingequity workreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“bandwidth”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverspends 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. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  2. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  3. G-“always open to your suggestions”
  4. I-“intellectual diversity”
  5. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  6. N-willing to violate endowment for literally any reason except admitting underrepresented students
  7. G-“a time to listen”
  8. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  9. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  10. N-“ongoing discussions”
  11. I-someone recommends “White Fragility”
  12. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students
  13. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results
  14. G-uses existence of equity committee that they don’t listen to as evidence of their commitment to equity
  15. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  16. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  17. O-staff sets up 30 minute equity meeting, goes on 27 minute unrelated rant
  18. G-claims we can’t be racist because it’s not “intentional”
  19. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work
  20. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work
  21. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  22. N-“bandwidth”
  23. O-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever
  24. B-spends more time naming equity committee than doing equity work