George Ploss Archives - The Daily Illini

Obama won’t be president without a third reconstruction

By George Ploss • October 24, 2007

Ploss’ final DI column

By George Ploss • July 31, 2007

The underlying issue with Imus

By George Ploss • July 24, 2007

The ‘N’ Word and America: Part II

By George Ploss • July 17, 2007

The ‘N’ Word and America

By George Ploss • July 11, 2007

Juneteenth: The real Independence Day

By George Ploss • July 3, 2007

Southern politicians may be the best way

By George Ploss • June 19, 2007

Why talk about race?

By George Ploss • June 12, 2007

Hustling for your Bachelors of Arts

By George Ploss • April 24, 2007

Don’t hate players when you should hate the game

By George Ploss • April 18, 2007

The politics of racism through the English language: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his idiocy

By George Ploss • April 10, 2007

Navigating the way through college

By George Ploss • April 3, 2007

America’s real ‘prisoner’s dilemma’

By George Ploss • March 27, 2007

Saber-toothed crotch critters and Spring Break

By George Ploss • March 13, 2007

A critical eye on hip-hop from a critical hip-hop fan

By George Ploss • February 27, 2007

Dems will paint the White House black

By George Ploss • February 13, 2007

Not real history anymore

By George Ploss • February 7, 2007

We will persist and prevail

By George Ploss • February 6, 2007

There is an elephant asleep at the wheel: How our government has let us down

By George Ploss • February 1, 2007

I am not just your token black guy

By George Ploss • January 24, 2007

Column: MLK, 50 Cent and the bastardization of the hip-hop generation

By George Ploss • January 16, 2007

COLUMN: President White takes students to the pride lands for lessons in leadership

By George Ploss • December 11, 2006

The negativity of being politically correct: Why censorship ought to be censored

By George Ploss • December 5, 2006

Michael Richards: The new spokesman of the NAACP

By George Ploss • November 28, 2006

Looking back, stepping forward: The black vote legacy

By George Ploss • November 7, 2006

Reparations: Attacking the misconceptions and acknowledging their need in today’s world

By George Ploss • October 3, 2006

COLUMN: Hip-Hop and homeland security: The divide of anger

By George Ploss • September 26, 2006

Column: When keeping it real goes wrong: Gangbanging in college

By George Ploss • September 12, 2006

Republicans and Democrats: Why neither party is deserving of the ‘black vote’

By George Ploss • September 8, 2006

Column: Student apathy and our lineage of scholarship: Will the revolution continue?

By George Ploss • August 29, 2006