The Hazaras Are Shiite Muslims, and the Pashtuns Are Sunni Muslims. The Hazaras are not from the same part of Asia as the Pashtuns, (Not Afghani;s) and tend to look more oriental (Like Hassan.)
Because the Hazaras were not native Afghani's, they treated them like slaves, as you can probably gather from the relationship between Amirs family, and Hassans.
Afghanistan
In "The Kite Runner," racism is evident in the treatment of Hazaras, particularly through discriminatory attitudes and violence directed towards them by the Pashtuns, who view Hazaras as inferior. This is portrayed through character interactions like Assef's abuse of Hassan and Sohrab due to their ethnicity, illustrating deep-seated prejudices and divisions within Afghan society.
Pashtun-Hazara tensions have historical origins, including competition for resources, cultural differences, and past conflicts. Additionally, discrimination and prejudice have perpetuated these hostilities between the two communities.
There are seven main ethnic groups or tribes in Afghanistan including the Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmens, Nuristanis, and Baluchs.
The majority of Afghanistan's population is made up of ethnic Pashtuns, followed by Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, and Aimaks. These groups, along with smaller ethnic minorities, contribute to the diverse cultural landscape of the country.
The hazaras were known to be of Mongol descend, and shia converts. Because they're the only shia group opposed to the sunni group they were thought as of 'lesser being'. The hazaras weren't known much back then, no one would dare to enter their grazing grouds/lands, located in the center of the country and so the pashtuns grew jealous and angry. Today even the government set up by U.S/NATO discriminates the hazara by letting pashtuns to graze on the hazara lands and having the right to shoot the hazara on sight with no punishment.
The Hazaras - book - has 431 pages.
The Hazaras - book - was created on 1989-02-01.
The Pashtuns speak Pashto.
Pashtuns (Pathans)
Most Pashtuns are Sunnis and rather religious.
The people who live close to Pak-Afgan border are called Pashtuns. Pashtuns are the important people of Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are the largest ethnic group of Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan. Traditionally Pashtuns of both sides never respected or recognized the border between the two countries.