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A white South African waitress who was refused a tip by an Oxford student involved in the Rhodes Must Fall campaign has received more than $6,000 in "sympathy" tips after an online campaign on her behalf.Cape Town restaurant employee Ashleigh Shultz was allegedly told by activist Ntokozo Qwabe that he would not give her any service charge on his bill until her "fellow white people" returned South Africa's land to its black population.
In an encounter that he described on Facebook, Mr Qwabe gleefully recounted that Ms Shultz had "burst into typical white tears", adding that he was "unable to stop smiling" after the incident.
Defenders of Ms Shultz have raised $6,495 for her.
His post drew a furious response online, with Mr Qwabe accused of bullying behaviour. Defenders of Ms Shultz have since raised $6,495 for her, according to a Gofundme page set up in her support.
"The young lady was not declined a tip for her service, she was declined a tip for being white," said one poster on the page, Jonathan Weltman, who accused Mr Qwabe of acting like the kind of bigot he professed to oppose.
The Rhodes Must Fall movement has campaigned for the removal of a statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes from Oxford's Oriel College.
Mr Qwabe is a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, and receives money from the Rhodes estate to study.
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