Elites gain status through effortless inherited cues while others must craft personas

Evidence

The freedom gained at high-status levels isn’t the only effect of the status hierarchy on our persona crafting: the inherent biases of ascribed status structures force discriminated individuals to more intensely craft their personas to achieve normal status. The status-advantaged gain high-status cues without conscious effort and can thus make successful status claims without acquiring status symbols or hiding shibboleths. The nonchalance, speech patterns, and bodily movements of Old Money are status symbols. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 286

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off ch5 claim that involuntary cues reveal class more reliably than purchasable signals. — connects to: Involuntary cues reveal class more reliably than purchasable signals do — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 201; The authenticity ideal structurally favors the already high-status — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 275; Being caught crafting a persona reads as a character flaw, not just deception — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 266 (+6 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source