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2.SR <br />URVEY ESULTS <br />TheinformationpresentedinthissectionreflectstheresultsoftheHumanRightsSurvey.The <br />surveywasadministeredinpaperformatafewcommunityevents;itwasalsoavailableonline <br />throughalinkofftheHumanRightsKĨĨŝĐĞ͛Ɛhomepage.Mostofthesurveysthatanalyzedwere <br />onlinesurveys.ThesurveywasavailableinbothEnglishandSpanish. <br />NotallwhotookthesurveyagreewiththegoalsandpurposeoftheEHRCandHRC.These <br />individualsmadetheirstatementsknowninspaceswhereopenendedquestionsallowedthe <br />surveyrespondenttowritearesponsetoaquestion(i.e.definingequitableandinclusive, <br />identifyingissuesofpriority,andquestionsthatcontainedan͞ŽƚŚĞƌ͟category).Some <br />individualswhotookthesurveyexpressedfeelingsrootedinnonequitableorinclusiveness <br />towardtheLGBTQIcommunity,nonChristianreligiousgroups,andLatinoCommunityand <br />statedthefollowing: <br />͞ƵŐĞŶĞHumanRightsCommissionshouldnotusecitydollarstoadvocateforwhatit <br />believesarehumanrightsissues,butoftenwithabiasinviewsregardingmoralŝƐƐƵĞƐ͖͟ <br />͞dŚĞƌĞistoomuchemphasisinservingthe,ŝƐƉĂŶŝĐƐ͖͟and <br />͞KƵƌmoneyshouldnotgototheillegalimmigrants.Ourtaxmoney!NotƚŚĞŝƌƐ͊͟ <br /> <br />Inclusive & Equitable Services <br />YƵĞƐƚŝŽŶWƌĞĨĂĐĞͬdžƉůĂŶĂƚŝŽŶ͗dŚĞŝƚLJŽĨƵŐĞŶĞǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŽƵƌƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐƚŽŝŶƐƵƌĞ <br />ƚŚĞLJĂƌĞŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞĂŶĚĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞ͘,ĞůƉƵƐĚĞĨŝŶĞƚŚĞƐĞĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐŝŶƌĞůĂƚŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƚŽŝƚLJŽĨƵŐĞŶĞ <br />ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ;ŝ͘Ğ͘ĐŽƵƌƚƐ͕ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ͕ƉŽůŝĐĞ͕ƉĂƌŬƐ͕ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ͕ƌĞĐƌĞĂƚŝŽŶ͕ůŝďƌĂƌLJ͕ĞƚĐ͘Ϳ <br />YƵĞƐƚŝŽŶϭ͘dŽŵĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐĂƌĞ͙;ǁƌŝƚĞŝŶƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞŚĞƌĞͿ <br />YƵĞƐƚŝŽŶϮ͘dŽŵĞ͕ĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐĂƌĞ͙;ǁƌŝƚĞŝŶƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞŚĞƌĞͿ <br />Duetotheambiguitycreatedbytheactualfillintheblankquestion,surveyrespondents <br />producedmanytypesofanswersduetotheirinterpretationsofwhatthequestionswere <br />actuallyaskingofthem.Peopleprimarilyinterpretedbothquestionsintwodifferentways, <br />thoughmanyalsoblanklystatedthattheycouldnotanswerbecausethequestionsdidnot <br />makesensetothem.Thefirstwaythatfolkstendedtoanswerbothquestionswasbyproviding <br />theirowndefinitionof͚ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͛and͚ĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͛͘Forexample,someone <br />respondedthatinclusiveservicesare͞ĞƋƵĂůandconfidentialservicesforĂůů͘͟Thesecondway <br />thatfolkstendedtoanswerthequestionwasbysimplylistingcityservicesordepartments. <br />Presumably,thefolksthatansweredinthiswayeitherdidsotoindicatethatsuch <br />services/departmentseitherare,orshouldbe,inclusiveand/orequitable.Themajorityof <br />thosewhocommentedinthe͞ŽƚŚĞƌ͟categoryhadresponsesthateitherwereunusable <br />becausemadenosenseorwasanisolatedstatementthatdoesnotfitintothecategoriesofthe <br />majorthemesidentified.Inthecategoriesdevelopedfor͞ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞ͟definition,examplesofa <br />responsethatwasunusablebecausemadenosenseinclude:͞ŽŬ͟and͞ŽƉĞŶ͘͟Examplesof <br />responsesthatmadesensebutwereisolatedstatementsinclude:͞ĨƌĞĞforĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ͟and <br />͞ŶŽŶĞĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘͟Inthecategoriesdevelopedfor͞ĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞ͟definition,examplesofa <br />responsethatwasunusablebecausemadenosenseinclude:͞ŽŬ͟and͞ŵŽŶĞLJand <br />HRC Priorities <br />July 2011 Page | 3 <br /> <br />