Mr. T explains that his iconic braided hairstyle and gold chains are not punk rock or Mohegan Indian styles, but rather a tribute to the Mandinka warrior tribe of Africa, whose traditional warriors wore similar hairstyles, feathered earrings, and gold jewelry; he wears gold to symbolically transform the shackles that enslaved his ancestors into symbols of strength and pride, demonstrating how cultural heritage can be expressed through personal style and how symbols of oppression can be reinterpreted as symbols of empowerment.
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The hairstyle is not punk rock, it's not Mohegan Indians because a lot of people relate it to Mohegan Indians because that's all they know. There's a tribe in Africa that call themselves the Mandinka warriors. They wear their hair in this fashion. They wear feathered earrings.
They wear diamond and gold. They wear the finest they is and I'm proud to be a descendant of the people. And that's the reason why I wear this hair. The changes in gold is symbolic of my struggle because my ancestors who was brought over here was shackled by our wrists and our necks and ankles. But now I turn those shackles into gold and that offends people. People ask me say, "Do that gold get heavy?" Nobody asked my ancestors do they wear old changes get heavy on their neck.
But it bothers me because they know the gold is valuable. But that's the reason why I wear the gold.
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