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What do you mean by overlapping and croosing each other |
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Answer» Overlapping Social Differences\tOverlapping differences happen when some social differences overlap other differences.\tIt becomes a social division when some social differences are joined by another set of social differences. For example, the difference in the Blacks and the Whites in America is due to their different race which is a social difference.\tIt becomes a social division when, say, the income factor is also added in that. The Blacks tend to be poor and homeless, while the Whites tend to be rich and educated. This creates a division in the people, making them feel that they belong to different communities.\tIn our country, Dalits tend to be poor and landless. They often face discrimination and injustice. Situations of this kind produce social divisionCross-cutting Social Differences\tCross-cutting differences happen when one type of social difference is weakened by another set of social differences. Then, it becomes difficult to group people into a single category because they are going to have different opinions and views on different matters.\tOn some matters, there might be agreement on a particular issue, but there might be disagreement on another issue. For example, people in the Netherlands are predominantly Christian, but divided between Catholics and Protestants. Here class and religion cross-cut each other. Catholics and Protestants are about equally likely to be poor or rich and they do not have conflict between them. In Overlapping, one kind of social difference becomes more important than other... Whereas in crosscutting social differences are created which are easier to accommodate. |
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