Two Fundamental Misconceptions About Genocide

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In Afghanistan, whenever someone says that the Hazaras have been and are being subjected to “genocide,” the word “genocide” activates a web of conceptual errors in the public mind. At the heart of this error is the misconception that genocide means the complete annihilation of a race of an ethnic group or social group. In other words, when many people hear the word “genocide,” they immediately think that when genocide has occurred, all members o…