Because of its lack of enforcement powers, most civil rights groups viewed the Commission as a "toothless tiger." EEOC made significant contributions to equal employment opportunity between 1965 and 1971 by using the powers it had to help define discrimination in the workplace
I’m not entirely sure but I think that the higher a person’s economic class was (wealthier and had a higher social status) the more privileges they were given. They would be treated with more respect and people would be more likely to listen to them.
