ABSTRACT
Some racial and ethnic minority groups reject the values and norms of the majoritysociety and seek to change them by radically altering the majority’s culture. Chapter 7 discussed groups with a radical ideology who sought to bring about change by the standard tactic of electoral politics. They pursued a tactic of “third party” movements. This chapter examines groups seeking to change majority society values through radical political behavior, which may range from nonviolent civil disobedience to the use of radical rhetoric and even to physical violence. This strategy is illustrated by discussing the black, brown, and red power movements of the late 1950s through the early 1970s, and by the newer protest groups of the 1980s and of today.
