Institutionalized profiling of Muslims is undermining American democracy, a leader of Cleveland’s Islamic community said at Bluffton University Nov. 5.
Julia Shearson, executive director of the Cleveland Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Ohio, cited a 2004 Cornell University study in which 44 percent of respondents indicated acceptance of curbing the civil rights of American Muslims. But in the United States, she argued, if you curb one group’s rights, “you destroy the fabric of the Bill of Rights for everyone else.”
Lisa Kron (portrayed by Amanda Bartel, foreground) doesn’t appreciate the attention lavished on her mother, Ann (Meg Leatherman), by the other actors in Bluffton University’s production of “Well.”
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Performing multiple roles in the play are (left to right around Leatherman) Victoria Jackson, Diamond Dailey, Alex Parker, Daila Moore and Ryan Laidlaw.
Lisa Kron is the playwright and protagonist of “Well,” which takes a humorous look at issues of health and illness.
