Question

what do you understand by cross-cutting and overlapping of social divisions?

Answer 1

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Social Differences implies a state when people are discriminated or say one class/group is given preference over the other, due to the difference in their social, economic or racial inequality. It often leads to social division, wherein the society is divided into various groups. Overlapping and cross-cutting are the two types of social differences, of which overlapping is a crucial situation as compared to cross-cutting, as it may result in the social division.

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Answer 2

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the main difference between overlapping and cross-cutting social difference is that while the former creates a feeling in the people that they belong to a certain group or race, due to which they are discriminated, which is not in the case of the latter.