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Master status can be ascribed or achieved. Ascribed statuses are statuses born with- for example race, sex, etc. Achieved statuses are gained throughout life-such as, mom, athlete, spouse, etc. When one of these statuses over powers the others it can be determined as one's master status.

Master Status in Society
Master status can be seen in everyday life, for example- gendered bathrooms, handicapped signs, fame, occupation,etc. These identities often control individual interactions. People may treat one differently depending on their master status. These examples are often social constructs that humans create to understand the world we live in.

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Everett Hughes presented the concept in an article, “Dilemmas and Contradictions of Status” in the American Journal of Sociology. While his concept was influential the term master status wasn’t cited regularly until the 1970s. While it often perceives master status as negative, like race or gender discrimination, this isn’t always the case; for example: occupation status.

Plessy vs. Furgeson.
In this court case race was evident as a master status, as the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation allowing advantages to white individuals. It occurred after African American Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for blacks. “The court ruled that a law that “implies merely a legal distinction” between color was "not unconstitutional.” This distinction is an example of a master status, in this case discrimination occurs due to ones master status.

Right to Vote
Until 1920, women were prohibited from voting in elections. This exemplifies the master status of sex as it overpowered other aspects of a womens identity. Allowing women to vote limited the power of this master status.

Executive Order 13769
This Executive Order 13769, also known as the travel ban, suspended entry of Syerian refugees and revoked visas. This illustrates the master status of ethnicity as it prevented other aspects of identity to be acknowledged.

LINKS
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2580244?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4105001?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/anthem-companion-to-everett-hughes/origins-and-evolution-of-everett-hughess-concept-master-status/D99D31BEFA21F7C1E60F5413BA87F161

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f534/d36ffcd597803e31fbd5525631dc4eb81ca2.pdf

https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195123715.001.0001/acref-9780195123715-e-1041

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43643850?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/223513?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson