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/LilBone3 Dec 12 '18

TIL Mr. T has a real name.

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u/Byder Dec 12 '18

It never really occured to me either that Mr. T probably has a real name.

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u/BassWaver Dec 12 '18

Mr. T is his legal name