{"id":1395989,"date":"2022-03-23T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395989"},"modified":"2022-03-23T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:59:57","slug":"1619-project-creator-nikole-hannah-jones-deletes-tipping-is-a-legacy-of-slavery-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1619-project-creator-nikole-hannah-jones-deletes-tipping-is-a-legacy-of-slavery-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"1619 Project Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones Deletes &#039;Tipping is a Legacy of Slavery&#039; Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1619-project-creator-nikole-hannah-jones-deletes-tipping-is-a-legacy-of-slavery-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones on Tuesday deleted a tweet in which she argued tipping servers in restaurants has its roots in slavery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Critical Race Theory (CRT) proponent shared her views on restaurant tipping in response to a tweet from former MSNBC host\u00a0Tour\u00e9 Neblett criticizing the practice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cTipping is a legacy of slavery and if it\u2019s not optional then it shouldn\u2019t be a tip but simply included in the bill. Have you ever stopped to think why we tip, like why tipping is a practice in the US and almost nowhere else?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Tour\u00e9 Neblett said in response \u201cAmerica is a slaveocracy, part 1619,\u201d a reference to the 1619 Project, which fraudulently claimed America\u2019s founding was based on slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Historian Phil Magness took a screenshot of Hannah-Jones\u2019 tweet and explained (with facts) that the practice of tipping is actually practiced in various parts of the world and did not originate with slavery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">Relevant: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ld9C0rHkFg\">pic.twitter.com\/ld9C0rHkFg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilWMagness\/status\/1506117030797365250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And yes, there&#8217;s even a scene in Shakespeare&#8217;s Twelfth Night that depicts tipping.<\/p>\n<p>Note: &#8220;gratillity&#8221; is an obsolete old English word for gratuity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iix1vNPxm8\">pic.twitter.com\/iix1vNPxm8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilWMagness\/status\/1506135369548550147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taking her cues from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in the art of shutting critics up,\u00a0Hannah-Jones accused Magness of having an \u201cobsession\u201d with her, being that he wrote the book\u00a0<em>The 1619 Project: A Critique<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t discredit me, you\u2019re not converting anyone or revealing anything by going behind my block to stalk my Twitter for tweets you can post to invite scorn,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nikole-hannah-jones-tipping-legacy-slavery-deletes-tweet-phil-magness\">she said<\/a>. \u201cThis is about you hoping to bring attention you otherwise don\u2019t get and fill some bitter hole you have. Sad. So sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As conservatives began to pile on her with mockery, Hannah-Jones then satirically exclaimed she had fallen victim to cancel culture in an attempt to mock the concept.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18849202\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1353852302-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>File\/The new book by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, \u201cThe 1619 Project: A New Origin Story\u201d seen at a New York City bookstore on November 17, 2021 in New York City. (Spencer Platt\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWait. Am I being publicly shamed and shunned for tweeting about tipping a and the legacy of slavery?\u201d she said. \u201cAm I experiencing the theft of my free speech rights because I put out an unpopular view and am being mocked on Twitter? Omigod, conservatives are right. Cancel culture is real!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am being silenced, y\u2019all, because mean people are piling on on Twitter,\u201d she added. \u201cI would join these conservative groups fighting back against the intolerant, free-speech-opposing left except all the people trying to cancel me are conservative. Damn, what is a girl to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am being silenced, y\u2019all, because mean people are piling on on Twitter. I would join these conservative groups fighting back against the intolerant, free-speech-opposing left except all the people trying to cancel me are conservative. Damn, what is a girl to do?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nhannahjones\/status\/1506339193445883912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones on Tuesday deleted a tweet in which she argued tipping servers in restaurants has its roots in slavery. 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