We've only been eating out publicly since about the 60s, the 70s. So we're still relatively new to tipping

and the etiquette of how you divide a check by 10, 20 people, right?

Every, every...

Those things can break up some friendships.

Every couple of years, I do this just to stir the pot. I go on Twitter and I'm like,

you gotta tip 20% when you go out, no matter what. And this will always be a multi-day

argument with all these black people generally black Twitter saying no you don't

have to what if you get bad service? What if you're taking out?

If, you know, I often end up saying, you know, if you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to eat there because they think this is a way I can save a couple bucks on the meal

Good sort of ratio. Okay though.

That's a ratio. Okay though. That might be the best question I've ever been honest.

You's a phenomenal person, you know what I mean?

Legendar.

I am a fan of you, my brother.

Eating might just seem like eating some food, but it's very political powers involved with it. Racism

gets all linked up in the history of food and no African American food traditions and cuisines does not strictly come from us getting the scraps from Massa and making something out of it.

It's much more than that. I learned this from the work of Dr.

Saike Williams-Forson, who's a professor at the University of Maryland. She's in

American Studies. She's in African American Studies. she's in women's history, she's written several books about food and black people, her latest book, which is fascinating.

Eating while black goes into all these notions around shaming

around pride around racism and food it is fascinating and I was looking

forward to this conversation and it's a great one.

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