Oppression Of Hazaras Flashcards
(22 cards)
Description of Hassan and Ali’s home :
‘On the ____ end of the garden, in the _____ of a loquat tree, was the servents’ home, a ______ little ____ hut where Hassan lived with his father’’
C2
‘On the south end of the garden, in the shadows of a loquat tree, was the servents’ home, a modest little mud hut where Hassan lived with his father’’
Soldiers verbally abusing Hassan and disgracing his mother
‘’____! The _____! Look at me when I’m talking to you!’’ …
‘’ I took her from behind by that _____ over there’’
C2
‘’You! The Hazara! Look at me when I’m talking to you!’’ The soldier barked……..
‘’I knew her real good. I took her from behind by that creek over there’’
Hassans reaction to the soldiers ______ _____ later in the movie theatre
‘’Later, in the dark, after the movie had started, I heard Hassan crying next to me,_______. Tears were sliding down his cheeks.’’
And what does Amir repeat twice to Hassan
‘’They took you for someone else.’’
C2
‘’Later, in the dark, after the movie had started, I heard Hassan crying next i me, croaking. Tears were sliding down his cheeks.’’
‘’They took you for someone else’’
What question do ‘older kids’ taunt Ali with
‘’Hey, _____, who did you ___ today?… (they ______ to a chorus of laughter ‘’ who did you ___ today you flat nosed _______’’
C2
‘’Hey, Babalu, who did you eat today?… (they barked to a chorus of laughter ‘’ who did you eat today you flat nosed babalu’’
Quote abt systematic erasure of the Hazara ppl
‘’school ________ barely mentioned them and referred to their _______ only in ___________’’
Quote abt Amir
‘’school textbooks barely mentioned them and referred to their ancestry only in passing’’
“In it, I read that my people, the _________, had persecuted and oppressed the _________… quelled them with unspeakable violence. The book said that my people had killed the Hazaras, driven them from their lands, burned their ______, and sold their women.”
“In it, I read that my people, the Pashtuns, had persecuted and oppressed the Hazaras… quelled them with unspeakable violence. The book said that my people had killed the Hazaras, driven them from their lands, burned their homes, and sold their women.”
“School text books barely mentioned them and referred to their ________ only in _______.”
“School text books barely mentioned them and referred to their ancestry only in passing.”
“…people called Hazaras __________, flat-nosed, load-carrying _______.”
“…people called Hazaras mice-eating, flat-nosed, load-carrying donkeys.”
“How can you ___ to him, ____ with him, let him touch you?”
“How can you talk to him, play with him, let him touch you?”
“If _____ like you and your _____ didn’t take these people in, we’d be rid of them by now.”
“If idiots like you and your father didn’t take these people in, we’d be rid of them by now.”
“Put it down, you _______ Hazara.”
“Put it down, you motherless Hazara.”
________ justification for _____
“It’s just a Hazara.”
Assef’s justification for rape
“It’s just a Hazara.”
Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif
“We left the _______ in the streets… If their families tried to sneak out to drag them back into their homes, we’d ______ them too… We left them for the dogs.”
Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif
“We left the bodies in the streets… If their families tried to sneak out to drag them back into their homes, we’d shoot them too… We left them for the dogs.”
Taliban execution of Hassan
“The Talibs said he was a ___ and a ____ like all Hazaras… They told Hassan they would be moving in to supposedly keep it ____.”
Taliban execution of Hassan
“The Talibs said he was a liar and a thief like all Hazaras… They told Hassan they would be moving in to supposedly keep it safe.”
Assef threatening Hassan
“You should know something about me, Hazara… I’m a very ____ person. This doesn’t end today.”
Assef threatening Hassan
“You should know something about me, Hazara… I’m a very patient person. This doesn’t end today.”
Amir’s internalized prejudice
“But he’s not my _____! He’s my ______!”
Amir’s internalized prejudice
“But he’s not my friend! He’s my servant!”
Amir’s internalized prejudice
“But he’s not my _____! He’s my ______!”
Amir’s internalized prejudice
“But he’s not my friend! He’s my servant!”
They call it _____ cleansing.”
“Do they? I like it. I like the sound of it.”
They call it ethnic cleansing.”
“Do they? I like it. I like the sound of it.”
“Too late for Hitler… but not for us… To rid Afghanistan of all the _____, Kasseef Hazaras.”
“Too late for Hitler… but not for us… To rid Afghanistan of all the dirty, Kasseef Hazaras.”
“Hey, Babalu, who did you eat today? Who did you eat, you ___________ Babalu?”
“Hey, Babalu, who did you eat today? Who did you eat, you flat-nosed Babalu?”
“That’s the one thing Shi’a people do well… ______ themselves as martyrs.”
(He) wrinkled his nose when he said the word Shi’a, like it was some kind of disease.
“That’s the one thing Shi’a people do well… passing themselves as martyrs.”
(He) wrinkled his nose when he said the word Shi’a, like it was some kind of disease.
“People called Hazaras ______-eating, flat-nosed, load-carrying donkeys.”
“People called Hazaras mice-eating, flat-nosed, load-carrying donkeys.”
