New Orleans diners: Special tax for the guilty at SAARTJ

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Techmomof2
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New Orleans diners: Special tax for the guilty at SAARTJ

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Hurry to this restaurant to pay your White Privilege Tax!

http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/11/restauran ... y-7377625/

The restaurant is named after Saartji Baartman, a South African who was enslaved and paraded around Europe as a freak show thanks to her having ‘steatopygia’ – resulting in extremely protuberant buttocks. She died aged 26 and her story is seen today as the epitome of colonial exploitation and racism. Customers have two pricing options: a standard price of $12 (£8.66) and a suggested price of $30 (£21.66). ‘The standard price was available to all customers, while the suggested price was offered to white customers,’ Tunde explains. ‘The pricing differential represents the wage disparity between black and white households in New Orleans. The net profit collected from sales at the suggested price was redistributed to customers of colour.’

About 78% have paid the higher amount.
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Here's a little more about Saartji Baartman, the Original Booty Queen:
https://jezebel.com/saartje-baartman-th ... 1658569879
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