Is Splitting the Bill Part of White Culture?

Let’s look at the US’s obsession with fairness and tit-for-tat when eating out with friends and family: Is this another symptom of Call-Out Culture?

Two women eating, the scales of justice
Photo by Adrienn: Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash Adapted by Author on Canva

When I was around twenty-two, I visited one of my good college friends in her home country, Nepal. Frequently we would go out to eat, along with another young woman from the United States who was doing a Fulbright in photography. When it…

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Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.

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MJ Adia

Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.