There is nothing more effective than knowing the other to break labels. If we foster cooperation between human groups and strengthen interdependence that establishes ties that reveal the true identity of people, beyond comfortable generalizations, but not before fulfilling two conditions for a positive change in intergroup relationships that are: a ) That the participants have a similar status and, b) cooperation between the members of the two groups, since the absence of these groups will not reduce or even exacerbate prejudice. Since the stereotype and the prejudice are based on a real ignorance of the other, the hypothesis of the contact seeks to alleviate this
