staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a daysomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsclaims Covidis preventingequity work“ongoingdiscussions”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“bandwidth”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“a productof society-wideinequalities”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“intellectualdiversity”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a daysomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsclaims Covidis preventingequity work“ongoingdiscussions”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“bandwidth”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“a productof society-wideinequalities”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“intellectualdiversity”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit

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