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

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