“a productof society-wideinequalities”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“bandwidth”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“ongoingdiscussions”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workclaims Covidis preventingequity workwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a day“a timetolisten”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agodemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“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 toclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”“a productof society-wideinequalities”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“bandwidth”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“ongoingdiscussions”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workclaims Covidis preventingequity workwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a day“a timetolisten”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agodemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“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 toclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”

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