Ralph Richard Banks
Encyclopedia
Ralph Richard Banks is a professor at Stanford Law School
, where he has taught since 1998. He also teaches at the Stanford University School of Education
. His scholarship focuses on race, inequality and the law. He published the book Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone in 2011.
, where he received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in 1987. He received his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School
in 1994.
After graduating from Stanford, Banks wrote regularly about race, culture, and inequality for a wide array of newspapers, including The New York Times
, the Los Angeles Times
, the Chicago Tribune
, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio
), the Detroit Free Press
, The Detroit News
, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
, The Denver Post
, and the San Francisco Chronicle
, among others.
After graduating from law school, Banks practiced law at the San Francisco office of O'Melveny & Myers. He is a member of the California Bar.
Following his fellowship, Banks clerked for the Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr., of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Banks' research addresses issues related to race and inequality across a variety of domains, from criminal justice, to employment, to the family. He has written and lectured widely in these areas. Professor Banks teaches family law, employment discrimination law, race and law, and the Fourteenth Amendment. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia Law School. His scholarly writings have appeared in the Yale Law Journal
, the Stanford Law Review
, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Vanderbilt Law Review
, the UCLA Law Review, the California Law Review
, the Cornell Law Review
, and many others. He is an editorial board member of the Law & Society Review
.
•Employment Discrimination
•Equal Protection and Antidiscrimination Law
•Family Law
Banks is quoted in the Los Angeles Times in its story on December 18, 2009, "Tiger Woods and wife: If they split, how to divide?."
Banks is quoted in the Orlando Sentinel in its front-page story on December 19, 2009, "Stars' special set of problems - Celebrity breakups often extra bumpy."
Banks is quoted in the Sacramento Bee in its story on January 19, 2010, "At Heart Of Prop. 8 Trial, A Clash Over Motives."
Banks wrote for the New York Times "Room for Debate" blog on January 24, 2010. The entry, "The Marriage Decline" appears as part of a feature on "Alpha Wives: the Trend and the Truth."
Banks' book is mentioned in the Los Angeles Times. "Soul-searching on the subject of romance" by Sandy Banks appears in the May 29, 2010 Los Angeles Times.
Banks was on ABC News on June 4, 2010. "Black Women Least Likely to Marry, but Overall Interracial Marriage More Common Than Ever."
Banks blogged in the New York Times "Room for Debate" blog on June 4, 2010, "The Soul Mate Factor" (in "Divorce: It’s Not Always About You")
Banks was a guest on Which Way, LA?. "The Prop 8 Arguments Are Over, Now It's Up to the Judge" aired on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Banks was quoted on Morning Edition on NPR. "Will Gay Marriage Be A Ripple Or Tsunami?" aired on August 5, 2010.
Banks was on OnPoint Radio on December 8, 2010. "Rick Banks on black marriage: when women earn more money than husbands, we see higher divorce rates."
The Marriage Decline, Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, New York Times, January 24, 2010.
Author Tells Black Women: Marry “Out” Not “Down”, NPR News, June 29, 2011.
Marriage: Denied and Delayed, Forum with Michael Krasny, KQED Radio, July 19, 2011.
"An Interracial Fix for Black Marriage", Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the National Review Online, August 8, 2011
Banks' book was the topic of an article in Essence Magazine, August 9, 2011
Should Parents Marry for the Kids?, Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, New York Times, August 30, 2011
Banks was interviewed on the KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, August 31, 2011
Banks was interviewed in Time Magazine, August 31, 2011
Banks' book was featured in a spread in Essence Magazine, September 2011 issue
Banks was interviewed on the Patt Morrison Radio Show on September 1, 2011
Banks' book is reviewed in Newsweek, September 1, 2011
Banks wrote for the New York Daily News, September 2, 2011
Banks was interviewed on CNN Newsroom, September 2, 2011
Banks was interviewed on CNN Newsroom, September 3, 2011
Banks wrote for Fox News, September 3, 2011
Banks was interviewed for an article on Salon.com, September 4, 2011
Banks was interviewed on Fox News on September 9, 2011
Banks was interviewed on WNYC "The Takeaway", September 12, 2011
Banks' book is reviewed in the New York Times, September 16, 2011
Banks was on CNN News on September 27, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, September 29, 201
Banks' book was reviewed in the Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2011
Banks' book is mentioned in the Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2011
Banks's book was reviewed in the Economist, October 15, 2011
Banks was on Nightline on ABC News, October 19, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the SF Chronicle, October 23, 2011
The Racial Gap in Marriage: How the Institution Is Tied to Inequality, The Atlantic, October 27, 2011
Banks was interviewed on WHYY Radio, November 1, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the Chicago Tribune, November 2, 2011
Banks' book was the topic of a Huffington Post Article and Video, November 7, 2011
Debate between Banks and Vanessa Bush, executive of Essence Magazine and Melissa Harris-Perry, an expert in race and gender issues at Tulane University in New Orleans, Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2011
Books
Links
Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law...
, where he has taught since 1998. He also teaches at the Stanford University School of Education
Stanford University School of Education
The Stanford University School of Education , is one of the seven schools of Stanford University. It is the second-oldest school of education in the United States, after NYU...
. His scholarship focuses on race, inequality and the law. He published the book Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone in 2011.
Early life and education
Ralph Richard Banks grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from high school in 1983. He then enrolled at Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, where he received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in 1987. He received his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
in 1994.
After graduating from Stanford, Banks wrote regularly about race, culture, and inequality for a wide array of newspapers, including The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
), the Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
, The Detroit News
The Detroit News
The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival Free Press's building. The News absorbed the Detroit Tribune on February 1, 1919, the Detroit Journal on July 21, 1922, and on November 7, 1960,...
, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and its suburbs. The AJC, as it is called, is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta...
, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the Midwestern United States, and is available and read as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, as far south as...
, The Denver Post
The Denver Post
-Ownership:The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews...
, and the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
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, among others.
After graduating from law school, Banks practiced law at the San Francisco office of O'Melveny & Myers. He is a member of the California Bar.
Academic career
After leaving private practice, Banks served as the Reginald F. Lewis Fellow at Harvard Law School, where he wrote "The Color of Desire: Fulfilling Adoptive Parents' Racial Preferences Through Discriminatory State Action." The article subsequently appeared in the Yale Law Journal.Following his fellowship, Banks clerked for the Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr., of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Banks' research addresses issues related to race and inequality across a variety of domains, from criminal justice, to employment, to the family. He has written and lectured widely in these areas. Professor Banks teaches family law, employment discrimination law, race and law, and the Fourteenth Amendment. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia Law School. His scholarly writings have appeared in the Yale Law Journal
Yale Law Journal
The Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School...
, the Stanford Law Review
Stanford Law Review
The Stanford Law Review is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher as its first president...
, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Vanderbilt Law Review
Vanderbilt Law Review
The Vanderbilt Law Review is Vanderbilt University Law School's flagship academic journal. The law review is published six times per year. The Vanderbilt Law Review is 18th among general-topic law reviews, based upon the number of times its articles are cited.-External links:*...
, the UCLA Law Review, the California Law Review
California Law Review
The California Law Review is the flagship law journal of UC Berkeley School of Law . Founded in 1912, the Review was the first student law journal published west of Illinois....
, the Cornell Law Review
Cornell Law Review
The Cornell Law Review is the flagship legal journal of Cornell Law School. Originally published in 1915 as the Cornell Law Quarterly, the journal features scholarship in all fields of law. Notably, past issues of the Cornell Law Review have included articles by Supreme Court justices Robert H....
, and many others. He is an editorial board member of the Law & Society Review
Law & Society Review
Law & Society Review is an academic journal in the field of law and society. It was established by the Law and Society Association in 1966 and published by Wiley-Blackwell. It has four issues per volume per year....
.
Courses Taught
•Constitutional Law II: The Fourteenth Amendment•Employment Discrimination
•Equal Protection and Antidiscrimination Law
•Family Law
Personal life
Ralph Richard Banks lives with his wife, Jennifer Eberhardt, a prominent social psychologist who is also a Stanford University faculty member, and their three children in the San Francisco Bay Area.In the news
Banks is mentioned in Publisher's Weekly on December 7, 2009 for his scholarship on race and the law. "Brian Tart, president and publisher of Dutton, bought world rights to Ralph Richard Banks’s 'Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone'"Banks is quoted in the Los Angeles Times in its story on December 18, 2009, "Tiger Woods and wife: If they split, how to divide?."
Banks is quoted in the Orlando Sentinel in its front-page story on December 19, 2009, "Stars' special set of problems - Celebrity breakups often extra bumpy."
Banks is quoted in the Sacramento Bee in its story on January 19, 2010, "At Heart Of Prop. 8 Trial, A Clash Over Motives."
Banks wrote for the New York Times "Room for Debate" blog on January 24, 2010. The entry, "The Marriage Decline" appears as part of a feature on "Alpha Wives: the Trend and the Truth."
Banks' book is mentioned in the Los Angeles Times. "Soul-searching on the subject of romance" by Sandy Banks appears in the May 29, 2010 Los Angeles Times.
Banks was on ABC News on June 4, 2010. "Black Women Least Likely to Marry, but Overall Interracial Marriage More Common Than Ever."
Banks blogged in the New York Times "Room for Debate" blog on June 4, 2010, "The Soul Mate Factor" (in "Divorce: It’s Not Always About You")
Banks was a guest on Which Way, LA?. "The Prop 8 Arguments Are Over, Now It's Up to the Judge" aired on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Banks was quoted on Morning Edition on NPR. "Will Gay Marriage Be A Ripple Or Tsunami?" aired on August 5, 2010.
Banks was on OnPoint Radio on December 8, 2010. "Rick Banks on black marriage: when women earn more money than husbands, we see higher divorce rates."
The Marriage Decline, Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, New York Times, January 24, 2010.
Author Tells Black Women: Marry “Out” Not “Down”, NPR News, June 29, 2011.
Marriage: Denied and Delayed, Forum with Michael Krasny, KQED Radio, July 19, 2011.
"An Interracial Fix for Black Marriage", Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the National Review Online, August 8, 2011
Banks' book was the topic of an article in Essence Magazine, August 9, 2011
Should Parents Marry for the Kids?, Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News, New York Times, August 30, 2011
Banks was interviewed on the KQED Forum with Michael Krasny, August 31, 2011
Banks was interviewed in Time Magazine, August 31, 2011
Banks' book was featured in a spread in Essence Magazine, September 2011 issue
Banks was interviewed on the Patt Morrison Radio Show on September 1, 2011
Banks' book is reviewed in Newsweek, September 1, 2011
Banks wrote for the New York Daily News, September 2, 2011
Banks was interviewed on CNN Newsroom, September 2, 2011
Banks was interviewed on CNN Newsroom, September 3, 2011
Banks wrote for Fox News, September 3, 2011
Banks was interviewed for an article on Salon.com, September 4, 2011
Banks was interviewed on Fox News on September 9, 2011
Banks was interviewed on WNYC "The Takeaway", September 12, 2011
Banks' book is reviewed in the New York Times, September 16, 2011
Banks was on CNN News on September 27, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, September 29, 201
Banks' book was reviewed in the Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2011
Banks' book is mentioned in the Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2011
Banks's book was reviewed in the Economist, October 15, 2011
Banks was on Nightline on ABC News, October 19, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the SF Chronicle, October 23, 2011
The Racial Gap in Marriage: How the Institution Is Tied to Inequality, The Atlantic, October 27, 2011
Banks was interviewed on WHYY Radio, November 1, 2011
Banks' book was reviewed in the Chicago Tribune, November 2, 2011
Banks' book was the topic of a Huffington Post Article and Video, November 7, 2011
Debate between Banks and Vanessa Bush, executive of Essence Magazine and Melissa Harris-Perry, an expert in race and gender issues at Tulane University in New Orleans, Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2011
External links
Home pages- Ralph Richard Banks Stanford Law School.
Books
- Is Marriage For White People? How The African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone Official Book Site. (September 2011).
Links
- Stanford University bio
- In the New York Times
- List of publications
- Follow Ralph Richard Banks on Twitter and Facebook