This is a five pass test:

	Pass 1: Write down the word "Hindu" on a sheet of paper. Read the 8 options listed below. Select the one which best describes your probable action if a person of the Hindu faith moved in next to your house or apartment.
	Pass 2: Repeat the test, assuming that he/she is a Santerian. Assume that all you know about this faith is that it is a Caribbean religion whose followers ritually kill chickens and other small animals.
	Pass 3: Read our essay on Santeria. Repeat the test.
	Pass 4: Repeat the test, assuming that he/she is a Witch - a follower of the Wiccan faith. You have seen them dancing in a circle around an altar in their back yard under a full moon carrying knives and wearing robes.
	Pass 5: Read our essay on Witchcraft. Repeat the test.

Some of your options are to approach your neighbor and

	Option 1: Ask them to describe their religion to you; offer to describe yours to them, if they are interested. Ask them whether you could attend one of their services; invite them to yours, if they are interested We believe that this is would exhibit religious tolerance; in fact, it goes beyond passively accepting a person's religion and actively promotes religious harmony in your community.
	Option 2: Ask them to describe their religion to you, and offer to reciprocate. We believe that this also actively promotes tolerance.
	Option 3: Treat them no differently than any other neighbor; ignore your religious differences This passively promotes tolerance.
	Option 4: Suggest that they should convert to your religion; express no interest in learning about their religion. This expresses religious intolerance.
	Option 5: Forcefully suggest that they should convert to your religion; repeat this often; express no interest in learning about their religion. This would be an annoying level of religious intolerance to your neighbor.
	Option 6: Tell your neighbor that this is a God fearing neighborhood, and that she/he should move on. This would be a serious level of religious intolerance and harassment.
	Option 7: Organize your fellow neighbors to make life miserable for this person with the goal of getting them to move away. This would be an very serious level of religious intolerance and harassment.
	Option 8: Take more direct action: vandalize their home or apartment; leave a dead rat at their front door; commit arson, shoot at their windows. This would be an extreme level of religious intolerance and criminal harassment.

Tolerance.org, a Web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, encourages people from all walks of life to "fight hate and promote tolerance." They have a series of free, confidential tests for hidden biases that you can take. Various tests deal with: Sexual orientation, Racial bias against Arab Muslims, Asian Americans, Black & White children and adults, Racial bias associated with weapons, Racial bias based on skin tone, Age bias, Gender bias, and Body image bias.

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