“Affirmative action causes more harm than good” Affirmative action is a term used to refer to policies designed to alleviate the effects of past discrimination against groups minorities in the United States of America. Here are three reasons why affirmative action must be abolished. Affirmative action creates reverse discrimination between opposing races. Since the Civil War of the 1860s and the civil rights movement of the 1960s during which minorities in the United States of America, composed primarily of African Americans and women who were denied the opportunity to 'use public services such as public schools and certain employment opportunities such as promotions. The United States government has attempted to restore equality and balance to the society of this country by adopting certain policies that would make it difficult for those who were denied certain opportunities in the past so that they would not be left behind. matters in struggle and failure. Affirmative action was one such policy. It was first used by President John F. Kennedy in his efforts to restore equality to the country....