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