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

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