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OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts) Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:29 AM Jan 2018

George Takei shared this video of the history of tipping in the U.S. It's a facebook video, though, so I don't know if everybody will have access to it.

https://www.facebook.com/attn/videos/1623297677705685/

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The racist history of tipping (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jan 2018 OP

Glad he shared it; glad you shared it, Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #1

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1. Glad he shared it; glad you shared it,

Sun Jan 28, 2018, 12:04 PM

Jan 2018

but "Duh..."

Any system which pays people on who they are, rather than how well they perform, will always favor white men.