claims Covidis preventingequity worksomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“ongoingdiscussions”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“intellectualdiversity”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“a productof society-wideinequalities”“bandwidth”acceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a daysuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsclaims Covidis preventingequity worksomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“ongoingdiscussions”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“intellectualdiversity”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“a productof society-wideinequalities”“bandwidth”acceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a daysuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years

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