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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

It stopped being a cultural thing decades ago. Now it’s about about companies not paying employees a living wage and America’s right wing constantly blocking legislation that would force employers to pay people enough to have shelter and food.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago

It actually started as an economic thing too, because businesses during the great depression weren't able to consistently pay living wages.

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

It was originally a way to be able to hire black people and not pay them

[-] nocturne213@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It started much earlier than that and has roots in racism. https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/

After the Constitution was amended in the wake of the Civil War, slavery was ended as an institution but those who were freed from bondage were still limited in their choices. Many who did not end up sharecropping worked in menial positions, such as servants, waiters, barbers and railroad porters. These were pretty much the only occupations available to them. For restaurant workers and railroad porters, there was a catch: many employers would not actually pay these workers, under the condition that guests would offer a small tip instead.

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