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Rousseff's pledge of Brazil 'World Cup without racism' puts more focus on old, hidden problem
• RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Former Brazilian national midfielder Arouca, playing for Pele's old club Santos, was doing a sideline TV interview a few months ago when opposing fans began to chant "monkey, monkey, monkey."
• Those taunting hit him with another jab: Go to Africa and find a team. Get out of here.
• President Dilma Rousseff, who has pledged a "World Cup without racism," tweeted quickly: "It is unacceptable that Brazil, the country with the largest black population after Nigeria, has racism issues."
• It does, and Brazilians are slowly waking up to it.
• Still, they are more accustomed to saying this is a country free of prejudice, and the subject is rarely discussed openly and seldom makes the news. Many hold to the myth of a "racial democracy" because the country never had laws separating the races.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Sunday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2014. There are 192 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the "GI Bill of Rights."
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• On this date:
• In 1611, English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers aboard the Discovery; their fate remains unknown.
• In 1870, the United States Department of Justice was created.
• In 1911, Britain's King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
• In 1937, Joe Louis began his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago.
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