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https://qz.com/609293/how-american-tipping-grew-out-of-racism/ https://qz.com/609293/how-american-tipping-grew-out-of-racis... ^ It's actually the separate, minimum pay wage that emerged from that period - and that subsequently made tipping more customary. Tipping had been around for a while already.