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