The Second Stage: Symbolization
The Blue Scarf
"People from the Eastern Zone would be known by their scarf. If you were wearing a blue scarf they would kill you."
- Huy Rady, an eyewitness of the Cambodian Genocide
- Huy Rady, an eyewitness of the Cambodian Genocide
The blue scarf was a way for Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge to isolate and organize who were going to be the ultimate victims of this genocide. The blue scarf served the same purpose as the yellow star did in the Holocaust.