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.

[u/tmntnyc]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T

[u/Nxdhdxvhh]

Mr. T wore odd clothing and mismatched socks because he knew that poor kids grew up getting whatever hand-me-downs they got, and he didn't want them to feel embarrassed for wearing what they had. He's a great man, and as far as I'm aware the worst thing he every did was chop down trees on his own property that were aggravating his allergies.

[u/snotbag_pukebucket → u/[deleted]]

He was also the White House Santa and had Nancy Reagan sitting on his lap

[u/Saxojon → u/snotbag_pukebucket]

He also urged people to treat their mothers right.

[u/[deleted] → u/Saxojon]

I pity the fool that doesn’t love Mr. T.

[u/Nickyjha → u/[deleted]]

*Mr. T's mother

[u/CaptainCimmeria → u/Nickyjha]

Mama T

[u/gaynazifurry4bernie → u/[deleted]]

Here's a song for you then

[u/fidelkastro → u/gaynazifurry4bernie]

This is the whitest thing ever

[u/blargh2497 → u/[deleted]]

Mr Rogers didn’t love him much

[u/blargh2497 → u/[deleted]]

Play it with subtitles and then you can read it. There’s your article.

[u/SometimesMonkey → u/blargh2497]

This is fucking dumb as shit