Dying By Degher And Hughes

1. Status cues occur when someone is or will soon be recognizing that they do not belong in a social group. The examples in the reading by Degher and Hughes all involved the adoption of the “fat” identity but they apply to other identities and other identity transformations as well. Active cues can be comments, teasing, or even acceptance of an alternative social group. These cues are usually obvious and involve people giving the cue. Getting away from the fat identity, the identity of “nerdy kid” or “band geek” uses similar cues like teasing and acceptance from other nerdy kids and band geeks at the same school. Passive cues are usually slightly less obvious and involve no one other than the person that is having the identity crisis. These can include BMI charts, scales, breaking furniture if the person is adopting the “fat” identity. If someone had a dangling booger either or both of these cue types could be used; I usually do the “nose scratch” to someone or hand them a tissue, or if you’re more of a blunt person, you can just tell them they have a booger. These would be active cues because someone else is noticing that the person that can’t keep track of their boogers. As for passive cues, they could walk past a mirror or window and see it, or they could scratch the bottom of their …show more content…
In either case, this person is either going to embrace that they are the “booger guy” or they’re going to keep better track of what is peeking out of their nose so that they don’t have