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Tipping is a racist relic and a modern tool of economic oppression in the South: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Spotlight (www.epi.org)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Yeah, tipping has become a substitute used by owners to avoid paying employees living wages. In the US, at least, you don't tip because you got exceptional service; you tip because you know tips fill out the average employee's salary. Or because it's expected and you feel like a cheap bastard if you don't; either way, business owners capitalize on it and lie to prospective employees about income by including "expected" tipping revenue.