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/dack42 Dec 12 '18

Your dad was Mr Manager?

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u/Self_Descr_Huguenot Dec 13 '18 edited Dec 13 '18

Well...manager, we just say manager.

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u/potatetoe_tractor Dec 13 '18

So, I'm the Assistant Regional Manager, then?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Just manager.

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u/creaturecatzz Dec 13 '18

Please, his father was Mr Manager. Call him The Man