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- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- James Landrith was born in Peoria, Illinois and raised in nearby Deer Creek. Landrith left Central Illinois in 1989 to begin a career in the U.S. Marine Corps. His duty stations included Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Saudi Arabia and Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia. Landrith was honorably discharged from the Office of the Legislative Assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps in January 1995 after reaching the rank of Sergeant (E-5). Landrith served on the staff of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission for the 1995 round of base closures. He moved on from Commission to the government relations departments of several national trade associations to gain significant knowledge of the legislative process and Capitol Hill.
Landrith founded The Multiracial Activist and The Abolitionist Examiner in 1997 and also writes for the Good Men Project, Medium, and other media organizations. He is the former Washington Director of Project RACE and served as a tutor of adult learners and is a strong believer in literacy, having served on the Board of Directors of Push Literacy Action Now (PLAN) in Southeast, Washington, D.C. He has served as a survivor speaker with the Rape Abuse Incest National Network (RAINN) Speakers Bureau. As a veteran, he has served in media relations positions with Veterans for Common Sense, Veterans Against the Iraq War and Men Recovering from Military Sexual Trauma. Through his work with The Multiracial Activist, Landrith has served on several dozen civil liberties coalitions and campaigns on a variety of issues to include being a plaintiff in CNSS v. Department of Justice in 2002.
He is often quoted by media on issues related to interracial families, multiracial identity in the United States, rape culture, male survivor issues and military sexual trauma. He has appeared on HuffPost Live, PBS's To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, C-SPAN and other broadcast media. In addition, he has been quoted, consulted or mentioned by ABC Evening News, Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and other print and internet media.
- IMDb mini biography by: James Landrith
- SpouseCheryl Gamble-Landrith(July 16, 1993 - ?) (2 children)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Pronounshe/him
- Sexual orientationStraight
- Race / EthnicityNative American / Alaska Native, White
- Served in first Gulf War.
- Helped expose Bob Jones University policy on interracial relationships to international media.
- Mentioned in Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the Attorney General nomination of John Ashcroft by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee on January 17, 2001.
- 2003 recipient of the Lamplighter's Seal of Approval from Multiethnic Women for Media Fairness.
- Co-host of the recently-rebooted libertarian talk radio show Liberty Cap Talk Live with self-proclaimed "free marketeer/voluntaryist" Todd Andrew Barnett on BlogTalkRadio.com. He joined the show at the end of its third season when it aired on NowLive.com, a social broadcasting network. The rebooted show is now enjoying its live first season broadcast on BTR's network, with 28 episodes listed as its full run.
- ...stop-loss and IRR recalls are nothing more than a scam to cover up the fact that wishful thinking and the politics of revenge have over-extended our military and cost the taxpayers billions. [Commentary in All Gulf Vets Magazine: First, Do No Harm (2004)]
- ...by opposing both "racial" quotas and "racial" profiling, I send both so-called lefties and righties into hissyfits. They don't know how to react to someone who sees both practices as a denial of individuality, an encroachment on the rights of the individual and a promotion of collectivist stereotypes. [Commentary in The Abolitionist Examiner: Consistently Aggravating (2004)]
- There cannot be two standards for terror, one for Christian terrorists that ignores or minimizes "race" and religion; and another for Muslim terrorists that makes blanket assumptions regarding "race" and religion. We can do better, and we have to if the Bill of Rights is to retain any sense of meaning at all. [Commentary in The Abolitionist Examiner: What's It Gonna Be? Collectivist Racialism or Individualism? (2003)]
- [In response to Senator George Allen's use of an obscure racial slur on the campaign trail (2006)] It is time to sit down and shut up. You have shamed yourself beyond belief. While you are at it, please fire the idiot you call a campaign manager. He clearly ain't up to the job.
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