{"id":277919,"date":"2018-11-14T22:52:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/11\/14\/i-didnt-know-mr-t-pityed-fools-that-werent\/"},"modified":"2018-11-14T22:52:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:52:05","slug":"i-didnt-know-mr-t-pityed-fools-that-werent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/11\/14\/i-didnt-know-mr-t-pityed-fools-that-werent\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

lordxeras<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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boostergold78<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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the-art-of-yoga<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t know Mr. T pityed fool\u2019s that weren\u2019t woke, but that\u2019s awesome. #respect<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI think about my father being called \u2018boy\u2019, my uncle being called \u2018boy\u2019, my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called \u2018boy\u2019. So I questioned myself:<\/i> \u201cWhat does a black man have to do before he\u2019s given the respect as a man?\u201d 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 everybody\u2019s mouth is \u201cMr.\u201d That\u2019s a sign of respect that my father didn\u2019t get, that my brother didn\u2019t get, that my mother didn\u2019t get.\u201c<\/i><\/p>\n

-Mr. T on the subject of his name<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

lordxeras: boostergold78: the-art-of-yoga: I didn\u2019t know Mr. T pityed fool\u2019s that weren\u2019t woke, but that\u2019s awesome. #respect \u201cI think about my father being called \u2018boy\u2019, my uncle being called \u2018boy\u2019, my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called \u2018boy\u2019. So I questioned myself: \u201cWhat does a black man have to do before he\u2019s given … <\/p>\n

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