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