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

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