suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“a timetolisten”“ongoingdiscussions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverclaims Covidis preventingequity worksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a dayclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“a productof society-wideinequalities”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“bandwidth”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“a timetolisten”“ongoingdiscussions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverclaims Covidis preventingequity worksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a dayclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“a productof society-wideinequalities”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“bandwidth”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”

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