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How is overlapping difference different from cross-cutting difference?
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The differences between the overlapping difference and cross-cutting difference are as
mentioned below:
Overlapping difference:-
(i) Overlapping difference leads to social divisions.
(ii) Overlapping differences are difficult to Accommodate.
(iii) There is much difference between two groups e.g., in the US, Blacks are poor, homeless and discriminated. In India, Dalits are poor and landless.
cross-cutting difference:-
(i) It is difficult to pit one group of people against the other because different groups share a common interest on one issue but are likely to be on different sides on different issues’
(ii) Cross-cutting differences are easier to accumulate.
(iii) There is no difference between two groups e.g., in Netherlands Catholics and Protestants are equally poor as well as rich.