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As has been said, document, document, document.
But, not just with this person, with everyone. You not only need to show his history, but prove that you've taken the same approach with everyone. If you write him up for being late, be able to prove that you've written others for the same thing, regardless of race.
The same thing happened here last year. A former co-worker (who ended up quitting, not getting fired) tried to play the race card. He even went do far as filing a lawsuit. Luckily the management here was able to document disciplinary action against others in the department that proved to be consistent. He filed suit against our supervisor, the department head and the city as a whole and lost all three.
I think one of the things that saved them is that they had recently fired a white girl over several disciplinary actions. The truth of the situation was they were too lenient on this guy (probably in fear of the race card getting played) and then tried to crack down when it got out of hand.
End result, be consistent from the beginning. Don't fear the race card. If you are equal with everyone from the beginning, you should be safe.
The problem becomes that you will be forced to prove that you are not racist, instead of the other way around.
Best of luck to you in what could become a difficult situation.
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