AUTHOR

Shannon Burwell

Actor known for her work on American Crime Story (2016) and Grey's Anatomy (2005) and mother of two.

TOLERANCE
Religious intolerance can be sneaky. You may not even realize you’re being a bigot. Probably because someone said some line to you.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
“How can genetic testing tell you your religion, anyway?” you might ask. 23andMe can’t tell that I’m a Scientologist. But it turns out that the Ashkenazi Jewish people stuck together so closely for so many years that genetic testers CAN tell if you’re one of them.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I was always looking for “my” religion. Since I was a little girl. My parents didn’t follow any one faith and allowed me to look for myself and I took full advantage of that. I studied different religions from Christianity to Buddhism .