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sakurasyinseal :
i just wish white people would stop using those two black leaders who were human , complex and often even revisited their own experiences and ideologies to compare to two characters created by men who would never understand the plight of martin , malcom or the black community. they don’t accurately teach us about martin or malcom at all on purpose because if they did, the public would know they they agreed more than they disagreed they just went about shit a different way.
2026-08-06 18:49:47
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CJ :
The racial allegory in the x-men universe isn’t as strong as people claim it is
2026-08-06 18:52:11
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MMA_ discussions :
What are your thoughts on the Krakoa?
2026-08-06 18:50:55
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d.covington27 :
Magneto’s villainy is why he’s my favorite Marvel character. He’s a victim of one of the most violent forms of supremacy yet his is a supremacist. That’s why he’s such an interesting character to me.
2026-08-06 19:33:26
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El Raul Del Ocho 🛢️ :
I know Claremont’s run was incredibly important and is still the gold standard of X-Men runs, but I’ve never been a fan of the idea of mutants representing marginalized people and the civil rights movement. Black people cannot throw cars through buildings, Jewish people can’t read minds. It’s the same thing with the Eldians in AOT. If your allegory for racism depicts the minority as possessing extraordinary abilities, it falls apart. The greatest tragedy of these bigotries is that they’re irrational. When racists claim that different ethnics groups have tougher skin, greater bone density, or have greater pain tolerance it’s to dehumanize them. Why would you then create a fictional people that are actually inhuman?
2026-08-06 18:54:15
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ailululululu :
people forget that a big theme in early x-men was that they "passed" as normal but agonized over people seeing their "true selves" and hating them. it's a lot closer to jews in america "passing" as white but also being "different" than the black rights movement.
2026-08-06 19:17:14
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🍜 Gawd :
Not to mention the Malcom comparison is offensive, because it insinuates that Malcom X is a “villain”. Malcom X still gets demonized for believing society should be held responsible for unjust actions.
2026-08-06 19:48:01
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Adenan Shaleh :
i mean in days of future past magneto killed jfk
2026-08-07 23:25:15
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Upamanyu :
this idea that a group of essentially white people was supposed to represent or stand in for non white people was always funny. charles, wolverine, magneto, cyclops, jean. the phoenix five. all white but sure they're supposed to be an oppressed group
2026-08-06 19:21:59
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OneReply :
That’s the tragedy of Magneto, he became exactly like those who hurt him
2026-08-07 11:40:51
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StawHatBandit :
Magneto ain’t a terrorist he’s literally fighting against an oppressive constitution that murders his people, it only makes sense he fights back with violence and while yes he does believe in mutant supremacy that’s one of the flaws that makes his character intriguing and complex but even then when u look at Genosha and Krakoa he tried to stop using violence and find a peaceful solution by creating a mutant haven but that clearly didn’t work
2026-08-06 19:24:41
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Rachel :
So I actually work and study under extraordinarily smart people, doctors, who study comics and one of them absolutely HATES that no one knows the history of the x-men and the “x-men is a civil rights metaphor” is something Stan Lee kind of let people believe is true way after the fact.
2026-08-08 02:14:18
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Niya King-Khari :
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King also weren't really rivals. They met very few times and while they didn't quite agree with the other's methods they weren't enemies who were trying to stop what the other one was doing
2026-08-07 22:53:46
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msfmichel8 :
the comparison also wasn't true! if anything the metaphor of the ORIGINAL X-Men from the 60s was more like a metaphor for queerness or Judaism (looking like everyone else but having something...eXtra about you that people hate and fear for illogical reasons)
2026-08-06 18:45:57
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Caleb :
Thank you 🙏🏾
2026-08-07 06:21:07
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Filmvenn :
It always felt as a way to simplify their complexity and noting that really did align with reality.
2026-08-06 18:42:40
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CheifOfStash :
making them Israeli makes the story much stronger and more nuanced
2026-08-07 20:17:17
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TaterThoughts :
Also MLK was becoming more radically left towards the end of his life compared to Charles, who only ever maintains the status quo.
2026-08-07 14:21:22
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Ric :
Just say you’ve hardly read any X-Men runs. It’s unfortunate that you’re ignoring the contributions of Scott Lobdell who decades ago introduced the parallels between King and Xavier, and X and Magneto. Xavier‘s “dream” of peaceful integration is based on King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Magneto’s ethos was critical of Xavier’s dream just like X was to Kings ideals. Magneto promotes ideas such as the rejection of nonviolence and racial segregation which Malcom X confidently promoted both. Xavier is a man who lives in King’s ideas of self acceptance/worth, peaceful integration, and unwavering determination. Magneto share his ideas with Malcolm X, such as the critique of peaceful integration, rejection of nonviolence and idealized racial segregation. Reducing these characters down to Claremont’s inspirations from Israeli terrorists does them a disservice. Xavier and Magneto have evolved to represent so much more.
2026-08-06 20:33:29
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Za(3*10^8)har(mx+b) Jones :
People refuse to believe me when I say that it’s a fucking terrible parallel. I don’t know if they just don’t understand the characters or if they have no idea of who mlk and Malcom X were
2026-08-06 21:55:43
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lmdwjr :
Lmao thank you this is one of the dumbest things people regularly say it’s insulting to MLK and Malcolm X and gives unnecessary credit to Stan Lee
2026-08-06 22:08:33
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Keykrusher :
Stan Lee has stated they weren’t written with this idea in mind. It only came wayyyyyyyy after their original comic run.
2026-08-06 21:12:28
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Xavier :
The character of magneto isn’t even like that anymore though he has long changed to a diplomat of mutant people and for the most part magneto is right we forget mutants are heavily oppressed and have been even with the existence of other powered beings
2026-08-06 23:22:13
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MMolinaz :
Even more reason to modernize Magneto's origin for future films.
2026-08-06 21:39:33
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Edge_Runner2077 :
Glad someone finally said it
2026-08-06 19:09:30
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