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Not only do white patrons tip black drivers less than white drivers, but blacks do too. The same holds true for wait staff:

A cross-tab of the raw data (generously emailed to me by Lynn) shows that white customers tipped black servers almost four percentage points less than white servers and that black customers tipped black servers half a percentage point less.

This, however, is where it gets really interesting:

But as a law professor what is most interesting about Lynn’s article is his suggestion that an employer might be held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for establishing a tipping policy that has a disparate impact against African-American employees.

(via Marginal Revolution)