I attended a conference on digital education where a self-important keynote
speaker publicly chastised his fellow presenters, mostly female, for "not
knowing how to work their Macintoshes." When it was her turn to speak, Beatriz
addressed him directly, saying it was probably just because they were a bit
nervous. The comment out of anyone else's mouth might have seemed
condescending, but coming from Beatriz it had the effect of putting the
everyone at ease--with the exception of the Grand Poobah, who was visibly
shamed by how brightly her generosity of spirit outshined his own.
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