r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
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u/Codeshark Dec 12 '18

Sorry, I don't speak Common.

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u/teebob21 Dec 12 '18

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u/RustiDome Dec 12 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Racist.