Original sentence: Common stereotypes include a variety of allegations about groups based around: race, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, and religious belief, and also profession, social status, immigration status and social class (see social stereotype).More benignly, they may express sometimes-accurate folk wisdom about social reality
Edited sentence: Common stereotypes include a variety of allegations about groups based around: race, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, and religious belief, and also profession, social status, immigration status and wealth (see social stereotype).This allows powerful social groups to legitimize and protect their dominant position