Question

Taking the example of Carlos, Smith and Norman, explain how social differences divide similar people from one another but also unite very different people.

CBSE Class X Social Science SA ( 3 marks)

Answer 1

Social differences divide similar people from one another, but they also unite different people.
People belonging to different social groups share differences and similarities cutting across the boundaries of their groups. People belonging to the same religion may feel different. Yet people from different religions may have similar views, e.g.,
(a) Carlos and Smith were similar in one way because both were African-Americans and thus different from Norman who was white.
(b) But they were all similar in other way that they were all athletes who stood against racial discrimination.

Answer 2

) Actually, every racial difference does not lead to social division. Sometimes social differences do . divide similar people from one another like Carlos and Peter Norman but at the a same time they also unite very different people.
(ii) For instance in the question above Carlos and Smith were similar in one way like both were Afro-American and thus different from Norman who was white. But they were similar in another ways as they were athletes who stood against racial discrimination which united both black and white.
(iii) Thus, commonly people belonging to the same religion feel different whereas, people from different religions have the same caste and feel close to each other.