suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agouses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeveracceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a day“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rant“ongoingdiscussions”“a timetolisten”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentssays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“intellectualdiversity”“a productof society-wideinequalities”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“bandwidth”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims Covidis preventingequity worksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agouses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeveracceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a day“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rant“ongoingdiscussions”“a timetolisten”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentssays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“intellectualdiversity”“a productof society-wideinequalities”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“bandwidth”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims 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. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  2. O-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever
  3. G-accepts smallest possible demand and calls it a day
  4. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  5. G-claims we can’t be racist because it’s not “intentional”
  6. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  7. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  8. O-staff sets up 30 minute equity meeting, goes on 27 minute unrelated rant
  9. N-“ongoing discussions”
  10. G-“a time to listen”
  11. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students
  12. I-someone recommends “White Fragility”
  13. N-willing to violate endowment for literally any reason except admitting underrepresented students
  14. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  15. I-“intellectual diversity”
  16. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  17. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work
  18. G-“always open to your suggestions”
  19. N-“bandwidth”
  20. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results
  21. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  22. B-spends more time naming equity committee than doing equity work
  23. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  24. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work