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Tipping and the subminimum wage for service workers are practices that are #RootedinRacism and hail from the exploitation of formerly enslaved Black workers following emancipation: 🧵1/6
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After emancipation, formerly enslaved Black workers were often relegated to service jobs. Instead of paying Black workers any wage at all, employers suggested that guests offer Black workers a small tip for their services. Thus, the racist practice of tipping was born. 🧵2/6
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