Herbert NickensHealthAffirmative action is indispensable if we want doctors for the 21st century – importance of minority representation in medicineAffirmative action is an umbrella that covers many activities — from aggressive recruiting to filling quotas, from the awarding of contracts to higher education admissions. This means that opponents can call up unpopular images of the most aggressive examples of affirmative action (such as hiring set-asides) to attack the entire idea of affirmative action.June 20, 2007Page 1 of 1