Functionalists believe that we inherit social position because of who we are related to. We can also have a social reputation thanks to our siblings and parents. For example, an individual born into a Hispanic culture, with parents who are working class, is given the status of Hispanic and poor. The role this has on society helps in the stratification of society. The family into which the child is born also has the same resources as the parents. This allows these families to have their role in the stratification of society by determining their place. Now, for those families who have an education and great networks, it allows their children to inherit the same social networks. For example, a child who is born into a family that has graduated from college and has excellent networks is also able to reach out to the same networks. Just because a child is given a status does not mean they are stuck within that status. A child may later have a mobile status and become educated and wealthy, so when he has children, his children are not born with the same status attributed to his parents. The child is now given the current status of the parents. With a parent who furthered his education, despite the status given to him by his uneducated, blue-collar parents, a son was now born to him