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

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