Nicholas D. Kristof: On leaving slavery behind

The story concerning the buying of a slave to free her also shows the fallacy of multiculturalism. The prejudice causing girls to be sold into slaver also prevented her from establishing a business. Her family stole from her because they felt there status enabled them to take her possessions.

I a larger scope, liberals have no respect for property rights. They feel the greater good requires them to take from the rich to give to the poor. In the same way this prevents a needed service from being established such as the girl was doing with her shop. The liberal philosophy takes needed resources from those how would make something of them, and gives them to those without the motivation to provide for themselves.

The story mentions the family starving but I suspect they may have been merely hungry. In any case they would starve eventually if they had no better way to raise money than sell there children.