Racism: It has to be stopped sooner rather than later.

    Racism is a very strong word. It is very frowned upon in many parts of the world, but we still see racism everyday all over the world. It is terrible and in my opinion need to stop. Racism is a main part of the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. We see racism many times when people are looking down upon the Hazara people. It is unfair to think that just because of someones religion that you are thought of as less of a person. Hassan is picked on countless times because of his religion. Equality is crucial in this world, no matter your background, everyone should be treated the same as each other. An example of this is Amir being racist when he says that Hassan was just a Hazara boy after he didn't help him when he was being raped. Amir was not willing to risk his safety to help his friend just because of his religion. But Hassan is truly a good person because he sees everyone as equals, Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan  still treats him with respect, and we see this when he goes to retrieve the winning kite and put his life in risk just so Amir can have the kite. If we had more people like Hassan in the world it would be a better place because in his eyes everyone is the same.

Racism is present everywhere is the world, even when you don't see it. This novel shows the racism that takes place in the middle east and specifically Afghanistan, it is split up between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras. It is a very violent situation and leads to the deaths of many innocent people. But racism is not always this obvious it can sometimes seem like its not even happening. For example all over the world in cities there is a small part of the city that is for example "China town". Most people would think this is the right thing to do, our city is so diverse. In my opinion having a part of a city that is designated China town is racism. We try to not separate ourselves from other races and accept everyone but realistically all this is doing is saying "yes you can come to our country, but here's the thing you can live over there with the rest of your people." I think this is terrible, if we are trying to eliminate racism then everyone should be integrated in the same community not separated. The following picture is of China town in Ottawa and is a perfect example of racism in my opinion.

The point is racism is all over the world and is not always as violent as the book portrays. The countries of this world need to take more steps towards equality and realize that we are all the same, we just come from different parts of the world.