Statuses are distinguished by the manner in which we acquire them. A(n) status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life, based on attributes over which the individual has little or no control, such as race/ethnicity, age, and gender.

ascribed status

Explanation:

Statuses are distinguished by the manner in which we acquire them. A(n) ascribed status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life, based on attributes over which the individual has little or no control, such as race/ethnicity, age, and gender.  

This is the status assigned to an individual at birth based on their sex, kinship or race, it is the status people are born into and example is eye color. An individual is born either as a male or female, black or Caucasian, they do not chose it, it is ascribed to them at birth.