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Posted on Mon, Feb. 25, 2008 10:15 PM
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A young woman who dreams of freedom

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Zember wants to go to New Zealand, where some other Kayan have settled.

The reason I want to go to New Zealand is because I hear that the women there are very free; they can do any job. I want the chance to learn more and change my life. I already speak English so I think it would be easy for me to study in New Zealand.

Zember’s story is a good one for U.S. audiences, a reminder to check ourselves as we travel, often forced to view others from a fishbowl perspective. So often, Westerners seem to earn their halos from other people’s pain. As if the poor must remain poor for our cultural and tourism benefits.

I cannot live here anymore. Most of all I want to be free.

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Mary Sanchez is a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. Read her Tribune column on Cuba’s Fidel Castro stepping aside on KansasCity.com.

To reach Mary Sanchez call 816-234-4752 or send e-mail to msanchez@kcstar.com.

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