Soooo, they're lying. What are they doing to to your food?????-----Adding ‘Equity’ Charges to Customers’ Checks to Fight Oppression

Adding ‘Equity’ Charges to Customers’ Checks to Fight Oppression

• Will making customers pay “equity” charges backfire? Probably.

“...Located in southwest Minneapolis, Broders Pasta Bar is a local gem. It has a great outdoor patio and the best Italian cuisine in the Twin Cities.
...On its website, Broders’ has a notice to customers notifying them of a new 15 percent “benefits and equity” charge they’ve instituted. 

They justify the charge, 

• first, by explaining that “many states have allowed reduced minimum wages for service staff in the form of a tip credit.” (More on this in a minute.)
• The restaurant’s second justification is that many tippers are racist and sexist, according to uncited research. “Studies have also shown that there is inequity and built-in bias in the way consumers give tips,” the statement reads. “In general, Black or Brown servers receive less tips than Caucasian servers. There is gender bias as well.”

The final part of the statement says the new policy stems from wider racial injustice and is not a substitute for gratuity...Read all.