In his new book, ABC News anchor John Quinones describes racism in action as he reflects on his own childhood.
Read an excerpt from "Heroes Among Us" below.
Chapter One
Heroes Everywhere
On a Saturday morning, at a bakery near Waco, Texas, I found a display of bigotry as fresh as the coffee and pastries people stopped in to buy.
A young Muslim woman dressed in a traditional headscarf ordered a pastry from the man behind the counter.
"You'll have to leave," he told her.
"What do you mean?"...
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