The absence of ascribed status alongside of racist ideologies exemplified the process of “status generalization…that occurs when a status that is irrelevant in a situation still has an effect on that situation… attributions made to people on the basis of social status characteristics, such as race, gender, and age…are generalized to a variety of other statuses and social situations. (Crossman, 2016). The Obama’s violated the homophily network associations embedded in American society and politics, their race was used a deterring factor of their competence and ability. With time and persistence, “the Obama administration had [proven] [themselves] [to] [have] been remarkably scandal-free” (Brooks, 2016). In which all the doubts of incompetency, or controversy had been nullified, due to legitimacy of the Obama Administration which can be attributed to the honest and loyal characteristics of the Obama family. To an extent they have achieved the same status as other Presidential families in the past and hold their status due to the hierarchy of relative ordering of individuals (ie. The First Family will always have status due to their place in
The absence of ascribed status alongside of racist ideologies exemplified the process of “status generalization…that occurs when a status that is irrelevant in a situation still has an effect on that situation… attributions made to people on the basis of social status characteristics, such as race, gender, and age…are generalized to a variety of other statuses and social situations. (Crossman, 2016). The Obama’s violated the homophily network associations embedded in American society and politics, their race was used a deterring factor of their competence and ability. With time and persistence, “the Obama administration had [proven] [themselves] [to] [have] been remarkably scandal-free” (Brooks, 2016). In which all the doubts of incompetency, or controversy had been nullified, due to legitimacy of the Obama Administration which can be attributed to the honest and loyal characteristics of the Obama family. To an extent they have achieved the same status as other Presidential families in the past and hold their status due to the hierarchy of relative ordering of individuals (ie. The First Family will always have status due to their place in