When a member of a minority group doesn't agree with advocacy groups, whose opinion has more weight?

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7. I agree, but how exactly do members of a minority group do that?

This has come up a bit with LGBTQ I know, but I have more experience with the Latino community where I live: How exactly do members of a minority group affect change on advocacy groups composed of politically well-connected, economically advantaged members who "fit well" in with the existing overall power structure in a community or even nationally?

I totally agree with your last sentence, but is there really a way to do that?

From my overall limited experience, and from what I've heard through the grapevine, once a person is part of an advocacy group which "meshes well" with the overall power structure, that's all she wrote as far as being able to change anything.

I use the terms "Fit well" and "meshes well" as euphemisms for advocacy groups which might often be viewed as non-confrontational to the existing power dynamic in a community. An existing power dynamic which is not always perceived as beneficial to the actual members of that minority group.

PB