(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. 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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Uses the anger, frustration, and exhaustion of oppressed people to say they aren’t calm/rational/logical enough to be valid.
Tone policing/ wages allyship on the niceness of the oppressed towards them personally.
Uses helplessness in the wider issue to excuse personal inaction.
Denial of the lived experience of the oppressed.
Backed up by their privileged friends.
Unrealistic expectation on [marginalised demographic] that they don’t apply to themselves.
Uses slurs/incorrect terminology while insisting they’re not discriminatory.
Uses reductionist dictionary definitions of complex manifestations of systemic oppression to support arguments.
Uses being marginalised in different areas to excuse discrimination.
Emphasises hearing both sides as though historical and contemporary society hasn’t erased marginalised voices.
Takes disagreements as attack.
“You don’t represent all [marginalised group].”
“I have [person from marginalised demographic] in my PMs telling me they agree but don’t want to say publicly.”
Says someone’s feelings are valid while totally ignoring them.
Victim blaming.
“Science says…” quotes from bigoted, uninformed, prejudiced science, while neglecting to acknowledge the inherent white supremacy of science.
Uses “feminist”/ “leftist”/ “liberal”/ “woke” or other derivatives as slurs.
“We already have equality.”
Argues against the demographic their discrimination affects.
Centres themselves in the argument/ uses a personal issue to garner sympathy.
Slippery slope fallacy/ “Where does political correctness end?”
Uses their lived experience as an oppressor to prove/perpetuate a harmful stereotype.
Fails to understand nuances/ differences between individual/ institutional/ systemic prejudices.
Uses loved ones as a shield to support prejudiced view.
