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Discrimination In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

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While reading the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, I grasped a better understanding of discrimination against one's race around the world. In the book, Hazaras are constantly looked down on because they are the minority in Afghanistan and have different facial features. Hassan, who is a Hazara, is constantly bullied by other kids because of his looks. Hosseini writes that Assef, a bully who believes that all Hazaras should die says, “‘I’ll ask the president to do what the king didn’t have the quwat to do. To rid Afghanistan of all the dirt, kasseef Hazaras’” (Hosseini 40). Assef isn’t the only one who believes that they do not belong in Afghanistan. This racism draws a line between the Pashtuns and Hazaras. The Pashtuns are the ones
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