Capital Punishment - Minorities in Florida are disproportionately sentenced to death. p. 103

Voter Disfranchisement - Florida is home to nearly one million of the nation's 5.3 million disfranchised, nearly 300,000 of them African-American. p. 129-130

Police Brutality - Since 2000, in Escambia County, 11 of the 14 jail fatalities were of African-Americans, and African-Americans in that county comprise less than 25% of the population. Additionally, in a recent ten-month period, three African-American men died while in the custody of the county Sheriff's Office. p. 125-126

Disproportionate School Dropout Rates - Palm Beach County School District in 2001 the graduation rate for all students was 46.6%; for white students, it was 57.9%, for black students 32.2%, a 23.4% disparity. p. 139

Disparities in School Discipline - In Lee County, Florida, 1 out of every 3 black high school students receives an In-School Suspension (ISS) during the course of the school year and 1 out of every 4 receives an Out-of-School Suspension (OSS Minority students with disabilities are particularly vulnerable. African-American students with disabilities are three times more likely to receive short-term suspensions than their white counterparts, and are more than four times as likely to end up in correctional facilities. p. 147-148

Criminalization of School Discipline - A 6 year-old black girl was handcuffed and arrested, as a felon, for having a temper tantrum. p. 149

Involuntary Transfers to "Alternative Schools" - Although black students make up just 14% of Lee County's student population, 31% of referrals to the Alternative Learning Centers system are for black students. 20% are for black males, who comprise just 7% of the county student population. p. 155-156

Government Discrimination against Undocumented Workers - In the wake of the Hoffman Plastic case, Florida has restricted the rights of undocumented workers. p. 134-137