Woman says Georgia State University fired her for working slow during chemo treatments

A woman hired to protect the civil rights of students and staff at Georgia State University says the school ended up violating her rights by firing her because she couldn’t work fast after getting cancer.

“One in three of us will have to deal with this. It’s not OK,” said Cindy Hawthorne.

Hawthorne never thought she would be diagnosed with cancer, but just three weeks after getting a job at GSU as a civil rights compliance investigator, doctors gave her the devastating news…

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