{"id":1097,"date":"2006-03-07T22:05:23","date_gmt":"2006-03-07T22:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/index.php\/2006\/03\/07\/pittsburgh-post-gazette-exposure-yay-me\/"},"modified":"2021-09-12T05:38:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T05:38:11","slug":"pittsburgh-post-gazette-exposure-yay-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2006\/03\/07\/pittsburgh-post-gazette-exposure-yay-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Exposure. Yay me."},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>March 8,&nbsp;2006<br \/>The&nbsp;Multiracial Activist&nbsp;<br \/>From the Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Media mention of yours truly in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/06067\/666764.stm\"><strong><font color=\"#ff6600\">Racial identities spawn new terminology: Are you Melungeon, Nuyorican or what?<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its not a bad piece, and better than most on the topic. Far too often when this subject is covered, the naysayers and &quot;stay in one box&quot; types from the traditional civil rights groups get the final say and fugging big giant gargantuan quotes. But there&#39;s no bias there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A fuller listing of <strike>shameless self-promotion<\/strike> media coverage is available <a href=\"http:\/\/jameslandrith.com\/content\/view\/96\/\"><strong><font color=\"#ff6600\">here<\/font><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I am vain, but ya&#39;ll already knew that. Stop pretending.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, information on the term &quot;melungeon&quot; mentioned in the article can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melungeon.org\/\"><strong><font color=\"#ff6600\">here<\/font><\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melungeons.com\/articles\/archives.htm\"><strong><font color=\"#ff6600\">here<\/font><\/strong><\/a>. To clarify, I told the reporter I was &quot;very likely Melungeon&quot; from one branch of my ancestry. Not a big deal, but a distinction none the less. For now, I identify as James and refuse to check any of the boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Carr of UnSpace <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unspace.net\/2006\/03\/james-landrith-of-taking-the-gloves-off-mentioned-in-p-g\/\"><strong><font color=\"#ff6600\">blogged it here<\/font><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Until there are <a href=\"http:\/\/jameslandrith.com\/content\/view\/207\/44\/\"><strong><font color=\"#ff6600\">no more stupid little boxes<\/font><\/strong><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 8,&nbsp;2006The&nbsp;Multiracial Activist&nbsp;From the Editor: Media mention of yours truly in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Racial identities spawn new terminology: Are you Melungeon, Nuyorican or what? 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