Jul 6, 2018
I didnāt know Mr. T pityed foolās that werenāt woke, but thatās awesome. #respect
āI think about my father being called āboyā, my uncle being called āboyā, my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called āboyā. So I questioned myself: āWhat does a black man have to do before heās given the respect as a man?ā 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 everybodyās mouth is āMr.ā Thatās a sign of respect that my father didnāt get, that my brother didnāt get, that my mother didnāt get.ā
-Mr. T on the subject of his name
