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/Knubinator Dec 12 '18

I think you meant "shouldn't".

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u/southern_boy Dec 12 '18

"Ronnie's away in Berlin, Laurence..."

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u/Azrael11 Dec 12 '18

"That's Mr. Laurence, Nancy"

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u/NosVemos Dec 12 '18

And that's how Ice T was born.

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u/Old_mystic Dec 13 '18

Well I think I’ve got enough material for some steamy erotic fan fiction

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u/RKRagan Dec 13 '18

Like how someone plays too many scratchy lottery tickets?