The legalization of the subminimum wage created a two-tiered system that continues today as a means of racial and economic control. Though this separate and unequal treatment of tipped workers is rooted in anti-Black racism, today it harms workers of color more broadly. 🧵4/6

The tipped workforce in the US is nearly 2/3 women, and disproportionately composed of women of color. Tipped workers earn low wages, experience high rates of poverty, and are vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace—particularly in the form of wage theft & sexual harassment. 🧵5/6