demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing ituses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a productof society-wideinequalities”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“bandwidth”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a dayreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“ongoingdiscussions”staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“a timetolisten”claims Covidis preventingequity workwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“intellectualdiversity”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing ituses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a productof society-wideinequalities”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“bandwidth”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsacceptssmallestpossibledemand andcalls it a dayreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“ongoingdiscussions”staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“a timetolisten”claims Covidis preventingequity workwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“intellectualdiversity”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”

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