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