Race and Religion have emerged in the society since the last 1500 years and has divided our society ever since. Various revolutions and movements have taken place against these problems but they still exist somewhere or the other and while they exist they have given a rise to harsh movements.
In The Kite Runner, religion and racial segregation was playing a major part. Pashtuns or Sunnis were the superior, dominant class while Shi’as were the ones being dominated. Hassan was a Shi’a and was troubled by Assef who believed and agreed with Hitler’s ideology of a superior race and a country without a weakness. Assef also said that,” Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns and it has always been.” Assef believed that Afghanistan belonged to the Pashtuns and that Hazaras dirty their blood and homeland. He wanted to get rid of the Hazaras as Hitler wanted to get rid of the Jews. While Assef was explaining how he joined the Taliban, he said,” Everyone knew the Communists had no class. …show more content…
Untouchability is basically an attitude on the part of a whole group of people that relates to a deeper psychological process of thought and belief, translated into various physical and mental acts and behaviours, norms and practices. Untouchability is a direct product of the caste system. It is not merely the inability to touch a human being of a certain caste or sub-caste, it is the product of casteism and the belief in purity of so called upper castes. It is generally taken for granted that Dalits are considered polluted people at the lowest end of the caste order. All the menial tasks were to done by the lower caste. They are supposed to reside outside the village so that their physical presence does not pollute the "real" village. They are restricted in terms of space and their houses were to be of inferior quality and devoid of any facilities like water and
In The Kite Runner, religion and racial segregation was playing a major part. Pashtuns or Sunnis were the superior, dominant class while Shi’as were the ones being dominated. Hassan was a Shi’a and was troubled by Assef who believed and agreed with Hitler’s ideology of a superior race and a country without a weakness. Assef also said that,” Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns and it has always been.” Assef believed that Afghanistan belonged to the Pashtuns and that Hazaras dirty their blood and homeland. He wanted to get rid of the Hazaras as Hitler wanted to get rid of the Jews. While Assef was explaining how he joined the Taliban, he said,” Everyone knew the Communists had no class. …show more content…
Untouchability is basically an attitude on the part of a whole group of people that relates to a deeper psychological process of thought and belief, translated into various physical and mental acts and behaviours, norms and practices. Untouchability is a direct product of the caste system. It is not merely the inability to touch a human being of a certain caste or sub-caste, it is the product of casteism and the belief in purity of so called upper castes. It is generally taken for granted that Dalits are considered polluted people at the lowest end of the caste order. All the menial tasks were to done by the lower caste. They are supposed to reside outside the village so that their physical presence does not pollute the "real" village. They are restricted in terms of space and their houses were to be of inferior quality and devoid of any facilities like water and