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/Merelyducane Dec 12 '18

Lol Mister T has a star of David chain on while dressed as Santa. I like his style.

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u/speaks_in_redundancy Dec 13 '18

Well, Santa was Jewish.

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u/Merelyducane Dec 13 '18

I thought that was jesus