Overcoming status-driven hierarchy requires first understanding how status works.

Evidence

Most explications of status, especially outlining the advanced rules of taste, sound like endorsement. This is not the intention. We come here to deconstruct status, not to praise it. The human propensity toward hierarchical order—especially in the form of racism, sexism, and other bigotries—has long acted as a pernicious barrier to realizing a truly democratic society. But if we seek to promote equality over hierarchy and encourage cultural creativity and experimentation, we must learn the full implications of how culture and status work together. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 43

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Understanding status mechanisms is a precondition for reducing inequality; Status is relational comparison, not a fixed resource, and affects behavior through identity — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2736

Broader Connections

• Understanding status mechanisms is a precondition for reducing inequality #corroborates (0.92)
• Status is relational comparison, not a fixed resource, and affects behavior through identity #expands (0.76) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2736