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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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[–] Badeendje 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The fact that a country has a minimum wage but then allows employers to ignore it because some staff gets tips is mind boggling.

A tip should be extra, not the default.

And I can imagine this is a powerfull tool so you can deny an "uppity negro" their tip because they looked at you funny or you don't like how they have their hair.