Throughout my years enjoying the X-men comics, animated series, video games, and movies, I had never put much though into the racism metaphor put into this universe. When I was younger, I obviously did not think of such things until I was much older. It is very obvious to me now.
The fact that mutants are not only hated, they are feared, puts a lot of emphasis on this. They are feared by what they might do to the ones without powers. That is why the sentinels were created to hunt down all mutant life.
The mutants all have different ways of coping with this sort of rejection among the general populous. However there are three main ways that have been represented in X-Men. There is the X-men way. They hide among the populous and help them whenever they can. They also try to create equal rights for mutants. There is the Magneto way of dealing with it. being very angry and contemptible of the world, looking down on the others and would rather see them dead and make the mutants the superior race. Then there is the Morlock way of looking at things. Hate all human life and even the "surface mutants." Do not get involved unless they encroach on the territory of the sewers.
All three groups deal with the rejection in their own way as we all do our own way.
An interesting note though. The Sentinels are now a former weapon of oppresion to the mutants. They are now used as manned units to protect the Xavier school. Most find them unsetteling of course but now being manned, they are less of a threat to the mutants.
Until next time.
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