Nov 28, 2018
I didnât know Mr. T pityed foolâs that werenât woke, but thatâs awesome. #respect
âI think about my father being called âboyâ, my uncle being called âboyâ, my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called âboyâ. So I questioned myself: âWhat does a black man have to do before heâs given the respect as a man?â So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T so the first word out of everybodyâs mouth is âMr.â Thatâs a sign of respect that my father didnât get, that my brother didnât get, that my mother didnât get.â
-Mr. T on the subject of his name
