Who Is Middle Class ?

Monie says that 75% of Blacks are middle class - but what is middle class?
Would a family like the Paynes be considered middle class?
A fireman with a stay-at-home wife and one son - is this middle class?

What about an entertainer and his ATT VP wife?
Are they middle class?

What about a doctor married to a lawyer with five children?

Bourgeoisie is a term used to describe the middle class - but which family is Bourgie?

http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/146221

Really? Seventy-five percent of Blacks live lives similar to these fictitious examples?

I think you meant that 75% of Blacks are above the poverty line (about $24,000).

The national average income for Black families is about $33,500 while the average income for whites is closer to $55,000.

Is there a different measure of what is is to be a middle class Black and what it is to be middle class?