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When you think tipping, remember it’s origins in feudal Europe, and American slavery. “the Pullman Company, which hired newly freed African American men as port
by underseacables 6y ago
When you think tipping, remember it’s origins in feudal Europe, and American slavery. “the Pullman Company, which hired newly freed African American men as porters. Rather than paying them a real wage, Pullman provided the black porters with just a meager pittance, forcing them to rely on tips from their white clientele for most of their pay.”
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/17/william-barber-tipping-racist-past-227361 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/17/william-b...
- akira2501 6y agoI'm not sure that its fair to claim that tipping has origins in American Slavery. In the Pullman case, the workers eventually formed the first major African American union and successfully won better pay from the railroads, in 1918. There's also Wikipedia's suggestion that tipping as a way to make up for lower wages as a wider practice came about as a result of Prohibitions effect on Hotels and Restaurants. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity#History