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

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