This reminds me of a famous Bill Gates quote [0]: > Gates described speaking to a segregated audience at a recent business seminar in Saudi Arabia. > On one s

This reminds me of a famous Bill Gates quote [0]: > Gates described speaking to a segregated audience at a recent business seminar in Saudi Arabia. > On one side of an auditorium sat men. On the other side of a large partition was a "sea of black," Gates said _ women in full-length abayas that cover their faces, as required in Saudi Arabia. > A questioner asked if he thought Saudi Arabia could meet its ambitious goal of becoming one of the world's most competitive economies by 2010, Gates said. > "I said, 'Well, if you're not fully utilizing half the talent in the country, you're not going to get too close to the top,'" Gates said. > How did the audience react? "One side loved it," Gates quipped. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/27/AR2007012700951.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/0...