Blames someone else "What I was trying to say" Vague Uses "but" almost immediately Extremely delayed apology "Mistakes were made" "People make mistakes" "People are so sensitive these days" Written in Notes app Purposely misunderstands why people are upset Avoids use of first person Over- explains "I'm not racist" Performative tears "I'm sorry you were offended" "I'm sorry if I hurt anyone" "That wasn't my intent" "This isn't me" Makes excuses Doubling down acknowledgy, not an apology "I have a ___ friend" Passive voice "listening and learning" Blames someone else "What I was trying to say" Vague Uses "but" almost immediately Extremely delayed apology "Mistakes were made" "People make mistakes" "People are so sensitive these days" Written in Notes app Purposely misunderstands why people are upset Avoids use of first person Over- explains "I'm not racist" Performative tears "I'm sorry you were offended" "I'm sorry if I hurt anyone" "That wasn't my intent" "This isn't me" Makes excuses Doubling down acknowledgy, not an apology "I have a ___ friend" Passive voice "listening and learning"
(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.
Blames someone else
"What I was trying to say"
Vague
Uses "but" almost immediately
Extremely delayed apology
"Mistakes were made"
"People make mistakes"
"People are so sensitive these days"
Written in Notes app
Purposely misunderstands why people are upset
Avoids use of first person
Over-explains
"I'm not racist"
Performative tears
"I'm sorry you were offended"
"I'm sorry if I hurt anyone"
"That wasn't my intent"
"This isn't me"
Makes excuses
Doubling down
acknowledgy, not an apology
"I have a ___ friend"
Passive voice
"listening and learning"