The book limits its data to Whites to avoid controversy, which Murray is certainly no stranger to, as he co-authored The Bell Curve. If you want to know more, read more about the book.
Anyways, Burning Down, the average household in the USA earns $50k/annually. A single person who earns $125k/annually is upper class. (edit) So, if your father and mother combined earn ~$120k/annually, more than double the American average.... you'd be upper middle class, without doubt.
And, yeah, Janszoon, you're correct. I could qualify as working class or first generation middle class.
...(edit) and, lastly, Mr. Dave, you're missing the idea of the book and what the test is to show, which is how culture and class tend to go hand in hand.
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