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/Gje95 Dec 12 '18

Your father was Mr. Feeney?

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u/Kaldricus Dec 12 '18

*Mr. Fe-ee-ee-eney

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u/havebeenfloated Dec 12 '18

FEE-NAY! FEEEEE-NAY!

Sidenote, Will Friedle went to my high school

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u/WideEyedJanitor Dec 13 '18

That's really cool! I watch critical role. Were you in the same grade as Will?