Kite Runner Racism

Racism plays important roles in Khaled Hosseinis The Kite Runner. The precedent uses racism to describe the characters and the culture represented in the stories. In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini uses prejudice as a tool to tell this story of betrayal and redemption. He pursues his story with prejudice and racism in Afghanistan as well as in the United States. While the author uses individual characters to tell the story, he portrays the worldwide attitudes and history associated with the characters Hazara and Pashtun ethnic origins and the conflicts that arise in Afghanistan.Throughout history and even while the story was taking place in the 70s the US of A was going by their tough times with racism and prejudice thoughts and acts towards other ethnical groups such as the blacks, Asians and Latinos. Although during this present era these racist acts and thoughts apply been cut down and have been limited to just some states in the south as where in Afghanistan these prejudice acts still exist. Ali and Hassan represent the marginalized group in this story. They are considered by the view class to be of lesser value due to their ethnic origin, religious beliefs, appearance and social standing.The author gives us a glance of this when emir reads active the harassment of, and attempted uprising of the Hazara, and how Amirs people, the Pashtuns had quelled them with unspeakable violence. The disregard that people have for the Hazara is reinforced when Amir asks his teacher approximately what he has read and he responds by saying, Thats one thing Shia people do well, passing themselves as martyrs. Assef shows how internalized this hostility is when he says to Amir and Hassan, Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here.