When a columnist returns from a cancer fight, what does The Tennessean do? - Tim Chavez’s plight

“So, to recap: The Tennessean effectively fired without notice a Hispanic cancer-survivor columnist, telling him that the paper had “downsized the newsroom” and that the job he formerly held “does not exist anymore” and instead the paper is running the work of a radio talk show host who makes jokes about killing Hispanics.

Chavez, who asks that it be noted the Scene called him and not the other way around””which, after seeing Valentine’s inaugural column, is exactly what happened””says he bears no ill will toward the paper and blames himself for not doing enough research when he went on disability leave. (His wife, Kathrin Chavez, works for the Tennessean-owned Williamson A.M.)”

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