Cops and Robbers

Cops and robbers is a game that many have played during their childhood. This game pits cops against robbers. The cop is obviously the good guy and the robber is the bad guy. The cop always tries to capture the robber for doing bad. These two roles represent the policeman and the criminal, two obviously different figures in society. Despite the obvious differences, the policeman and criminal are similar in the stress factor of their …

…high stress lives, deal with crime, and can be corrupt. At the same time these two groups live in two different worlds. If no one ever compared these two groups, the fact that they are also alike would go unnoticed. When two unlike things are compared with each other, similarities often show up. If people took this approach while making relationships then maybe there would be a lot less stereotypes and a lot more receptiveness.