The article is from a black advocate, writing in the context of the 2020 election campaigns and BLM movement, which is giving an analysis of the black middle class so Democrats can tailor their campaign rhetoric. Nowhere does the article claim that the black middle class is stronger than ever, and there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.
The progress is slow but real.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-black-middle-class-needs-political-attention-too/?amp
The article is from a black advocate, writing in the context of the 2020 election campaigns and BLM movement, which is giving an analysis of the black middle class so Democrats can tailor their campaign rhetoric. Nowhere does the article claim that the black middle class is stronger than ever, and there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.
The black home ownership rate is lower now than 1 decade ago https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/homes/us-black-homeownership-rate/index.html
Median wealth of black Americans may fall to zero by 2053
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/13/median-wealth-of-black-americans-will-fall-to-zero-by-2053-warns-new-report