The reality is that black Americans and poor Americans have overlapping interests in all of these discussions.
Many have said that science deals with facts, while religion deals with faith, though many others today say the two have overlapping interests - arguing that both share a desire to find out what is behind the Universe.
However, both Mesner and Vallor believe the two groups have overlapping interests.
"I think the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have overlapping interests [in combating terror]... but that still doesn't excuse Saudi Arabia's embrace of extremist Sunni actors that for example are designated by U.S. or U.N. terror financing laws," Weinberg said.
The two countries have overlapping interests in maintaining peace and stability of the whole region in general and the Gulf sub-region in particular: managing the Iranian nuclear issue, continuing the Palestine-Israel peace process, safeguarding vital energy supply lines and supporting orderly and peaceful transitions of political, social and economic systems in the countries concerned.
The L.A. County district attorney's office alleged that Robles has a conflict of interest because his elected posts have overlapping loyalties.
The nerd bros have tons of overlapping interests, so much so that they enjoy getting together with Google co-founder Sergey Brin at a "secret apartment" owned by his company to bat around reality-altering ideas, according to "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future," a new authorized biography written by Ashlee Vance.
Many organisations have overlapping mandates.
The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims.
Bush and Romney have overlapping political circles.
Many countries have overlapping maritime boundaries.
