1960年代的学潮和社会动荡似乎预示着将要爆发社会和政治革命,然而事实上却并没有发生。但是,妇女、黑人、同性恋者和学生等少数派团体提出的新观点向传统的认识提出了挑战,他们采取了一种更加开明的态度对待差异性和个体权利的保护。在美国,联邦政府执行了1964年的《民权法案 The tide of study and social unrest in the 1960s seemed to herald the forthcoming social and political revolution, but in fact they did not. However, new perspectives put forward by minority groups such as women, blacks, homosexuals and students pose a challenge to traditional perceptions and they adopt a more enlightened attitude towards the protection of diversity and individual rights. In the United States, the federal government implemented the 1964 Civil Rights Bill