“a productof society-wideinequalities”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing touses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteedemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”“a timetolisten”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims Covidis preventingequity worksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“intellectualdiversity”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeversomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“ongoingdiscussions”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“a productof society-wideinequalities”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing touses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteedemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”“a timetolisten”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims Covidis preventingequity worksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“intellectualdiversity”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeversomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“ongoingdiscussions”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years

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