VIBE AND VEGAS SHOW: RALPH RICHARD BANKS “IS MARRIAGE FOR WHITE PEOPLE?”

Ralph Richard Banks is the author of “Is Marriage For White People?How The African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone”. He was born and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Rick teaches courses in race, gender and equality at Stanford University in California. He has been married since 1997 with three sons. During our conversation talks and shares about various aspects of the book including why he wrote the book, how long the book took to write, the current marriage situation for African American women and men, why African American marriages are failing, his encouraging African American to look for marriage partners outside of their race, the future of African American marriage and his message for Black men. You can get more information about Ralph Richard Banks at http://ismarriageforwhitepeople.stanford.edu/ and you can follow on Twitter at @rrbanks