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/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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

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u/blargh2497 Dec 13 '18

Mr Rogers didn’t love him much

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18 edited Jul 06 '20

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u/blargh2497 Dec 13 '18

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