Board President Under Fire for ‘Disparaging’ and ‘Derogatory’ Facebook Posts | Inside Higher Ed
Peter Sysak, president of the Cuesta College Board of Trustees, is under fire because of numerous comments he posted on his personal Facebook page about a large number of marginalized groups -- comments that one instructor described as "disparaging and so derogatory," the San Luis Obispo Tribune reported. The posts, which have since been removed, include some suggesting that Sysak believes transgender people are mentally ill and that he supports the Proud Boys, a violent far-right group, according to the Tribune. One student responded by telling the newspaper that members of the board were "undeniably racist, homophobic, ablest [sic], anti-choice, xenophobic, misogynistic and anti-immigrant." Some have called for Sysak’s resignation from the board of the community college in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Others have asked that the board vote to censure his Facebook posts. “We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on hu
4 Nov 2020 ... ... president of the Cuesta College Board of Trustees, is under fire because of numerous comments he posted on his personal Facebook page ...