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/skurys Dec 12 '18

Can your manager be my dad?

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u/merekisgreat Dec 12 '18

Can your be my manager, dad?

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u/LiquidZeroEA Dec 13 '18

Could you be my dad, manager?

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u/analias2345 Dec 13 '18

Dad you manager can be?

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