A Stereotype: Every Day Practice In the US, the issue of stereotyping still remains a problem in the society despite the evident activism and advocacy for equality and no tolerance to discrimination of any form. Since stereotyping is an everyday practice, it is imperative to know where the stereotyping starts. Social inequality is a reflection of human belief that deviance is not an odd personality characteristic but rather a behavior committed against other people in a community. This practice also involves the belief that some personalities are socially disadvantaged because of their life situations. Consequently, social inequality applies to several life situations like poverty, gender, skin color (race), health among other conditions, as confirmed in BBC news by Field (Dec. 3 2010). Stereotypes form the basis of this discussion. Stereotypes refer to standardized mental perceptions held common by a certain group of people. These stereotypes often represent oversimplified viewpoints, chauvinist attitude and belittling judgment about certain individuals in a community. Stereotyping is not usually accurate. It depends on meanings people create. A serious problem has been stereotyping people with mental illness. This stereotyping mostly causes stigma because of labeling the stereotyped individuals in the society. Mentally ill people bear labels such as ‘schizos’ ‘retards’ and or ‘psychos’. This labeling portrays such individuals as being lunatics hence another label as ‘loony’ and are hence segregated from normal people. Stereotyped people feel ashamed, worthless and are emotionally hurt. It is shocking how easy a society mocks a person with mental illness and not one with physical disability. The society wrongly perceives the mental condition as a choice rather than a legitimate sickness. The Concept One of the main concepts discussed by Field in his Parenting not Income Key to Tackling Social Inequality is ‘Power’. For clarity, the everyday practice herein discussed is stereotype while the concept is power that he refers to as ‘class differences’. He uses children to symbolize the inferior stereotyped group of people. Stereotyping has become a serious social problem developing from everyday practices. These practices arise from social agreements and traditions. Usually, these stereotypes develop from very long historical backgrounds. It is on this backdrop notion that stereotypes gain their perpetual power of validity to a symbolic and speech expressions done against a certain group deemed deviant. This gives the perpetrators of stereotype some power over the victims they demean by speaking or acting in a manner that degrades the victims’ self-esteem. In most cases, for the stereotypes to have that generalized acceptance, a larger percentage of a community has to share it either explicitly or implicitly. This translates to mean that the larger the community, the bigger the prejudice. Stereotype is a deceptive simple labeling of certain individuals or groups, adopting and limiting how the society perceives them, For instance, people with mental disabilities. Social inequality hence relies on the meanings that the society attach to these stereotypes causing stereotypes individuals to be labeled deviant. It may not be entirely because of their a