This statement comes from Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the corporate web page titled "Google Celebrates Diversity": "Our products and tools serve an audience that is globally and culturally diverseso it's a strategic advantage that our teams not only encompass the world's best talent but also reflect the rich diversity of our customers, users, and publishers. It is imperative that we hire people with disparate perspectives and ideas, and from a broad range of cultures and backgrounds. This philosophy won't just ensure our access to the most gifted employees; it will also lead to better products and create more engaged and interesting teams."[6]

3. In a nutshell, the basic arguments against affirmative action include the following:

• It is essentially discrimination, and therefore it reinforces what it combats.
• The best way to eliminate discrimination is to let equal opportunity law, markets, and time do their work.
• It is unfair to minorities who are treated as tokens.
• Forcing organizations to evaluate talent in ways outside of merit diminishes their competitiveness.
• It creates resentment and tensions in an organization.
• It doesn't compensate past wrongs (because those benefiting and suffering today aren't those who suffered and benefited in the past).

Looking at this list, how do you suppose Google CEO Eric Schmidt might argue against each item?