From The Associated Press, 8/23/04:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apelection_story.asp?category=1131&slug=Republicans%20Discrimination
Ex-worker sues RNC for discrimination

By EMILY FREDRIX
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
WASHINGTON --
A former field director is accusing the Florida Republican Party of
racial discrimination in a federal lawsuit.
Nadia Naffe also named the Republican National Committee and
Bush-Cheney '04 in the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Tampa.
Naffe says she was fired from her job, which she held from August 2003
to April of this year, after she complained about being assigned to
work with black organizations, events and issues.
Naffe, 25, of Tampa, was the only black field director at the time.
She said she was told, "You understand your people."
After refusing the assignments, Naffe said she was called
insubordinate and "not a team player."
The lawsuit says she contacted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, and was soon after fired.
A message seeking comment from the Florida Republican Party was not
immediately returned.

"Instead of true conservatism, she found herself faced with
discrimination and intolerance. And instead of compassion, she found
retaliation," said one of Naffe's lawyers, Cyrus Mehri of Washington.
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Jolted awake by the party of bigotry.
Harry

From The Associated Press, 8/23/04:

Ex-worker sues RNC for discrimination

By EMILY FREDRIX
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON --

A former field director is accusing the Florida Republican Party of
racial discrimination in a federal lawsuit.

Nadia Naffe also named the Republican National Committee and
Bush-Cheney '04 in the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Tampa.

Naffe says she was fired from her job, which she held from August 2003
to April of this year, after she complained about being assigned to
work with black organizations, events and issues.

Naffe, 25, of Tampa, was the only black field director at the time.
She said she was told, "You understand your people."

After refusing the assignments, Naffe said she was called
insubordinate and "not a team player."

The lawsuit says she contacted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, and was soon after fired.

A message seeking comment from the Florida Republican Party was not
immediately returned.

"Instead of true conservatism, she found herself faced with
discrimination and intolerance. And instead of compassion, she found
retaliation," said one of Naffe's lawyers, Cyrus Mehri of Washington.

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Jolted awake by the party of bigotry.

Harry