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

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