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A former field director for the Florida Republican Party has sued the organization in federal court, accusing it of racial discrimination. Nadia Naffe also named the Republican National Committee and Bush-Cheney '04. Naffe says that, as the only black field director during her eight-month tenure, she was assigned exclusively to work with black organizations, events and issues. Naffe says she complained, but was told: "You understand your people." After refusing further such assignments, Naffe said she was called insubordinate and accused of not being "a team player." She contacted the U-S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Soon after, she says, she was fired. [more]