User blog comment:Blinkn/The X-Men get NO respect!/@comment-4770428-20120709120511

Thing here is that I've always considered the X-Men as the oppressed group because they are supposed to be a representation of the oppressed groups in the real world. Specifically their history is mostly about the civil rights fought in america in the 60's and marvel's way of talking about those issues. Because we have favorable laws in the US towards the discrimination, doesn't mean it doesn't exist and is still practiced. Back to marvel universe, in mimicking this, marvel is continuously trying to show us the downside of the discrimination.

At least that's always been my take on the X-Men.