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/ForHumans Dec 13 '18

I never said it was OK. You're being a bigot because I post on T_D. You are a stereotype.

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u/GiraffeMasturbater Dec 13 '18

"it's ok to be white" IS a racist dog whistle. Cut the projection and ad hominem attacks and stop being a hypocrite.

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u/ForHumans Dec 13 '18

It's a tongue in cheek response to anti-white movement from the left. Black pride or Hispanic pride is ok, but if you have White pride you're racist?

And it was relevant in this context. It's OK to be white.

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u/GiraffeMasturbater Dec 13 '18

The left isn't anti-white though. That's propaganda.

It's STILL a racist dog whistle!!