“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearswilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentssays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“ongoingdiscussions”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims Covidis preventingequity workreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”acceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a daysurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing touses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“intellectualdiversity”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“a timetolisten”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rant“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“a productof society-wideinequalities”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearswilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentssays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“ongoingdiscussions”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims Covidis preventingequity workreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”acceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a daysurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing touses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“intellectualdiversity”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“a timetolisten”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rant“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“a productof society-wideinequalities”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago

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