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...not worth the cost of fomenting racist lies and beliefs about the "danger" that folx of color supposedly pose to "good white" (or in this instance, "good mutant") society.

But just like Katie Power explains, some folks just simply don't care enough to do anything about that.

...written–much like Kitty's use of slurs–for the benefit of white or privileged readers without considering the implications it has for the marginalized folx it's meant to represent.

The danger of this inversion is that it amplifies, even if unintentionally, the philosophy...

...its victims–and perhaps falsely delude themselves into finding marginalization in their own privilege–New Mutants #49 offers a chance for that reader to investigate the cost of the systems of oppression they benefit from.

This inversion of the mutant metaphor, however, is...

...the story's marginalized class.

Children with genetic potential are stolen from their parents, humans exist as a literal underclass and live in a heavily policed state.

It is the wrong future–and given Claremont's assumption that readers have identified with the mutants...

...spurs the team into action with hopes to rescue their only escape from this scorched earth.

Amara creates a distraction and Xi'an watches the skies as the others break into the expected dyads of Sam and Berto, Dani and Rahne.

The boys are attacked by a Sentinel...

The King, however, makes it clear: what brings glory is not always what's right.

Doug asks the King why he's not scared, and centuries away from mutantkind being a (known) presence in society, they find the acceptance they're so starved from the king.

...of the New Mutants than any of the kids.

When he took over for Charles, there were considerable doubts Erik had any inclination the profound impact these children would have not just on his outlook, but identity.

His insistence that the children are alive comes off not as...

...with the techno-organic virus, and the New Mutants escape.

Back at the mansion, Moira and Erik catch their breaths after the onslaught of patients they've seen, and while the interlude does interrupt the action in Limbo, the scene helps Erik feel as much a part of the cast...

..about the role she has among the New Mutants–

Wait. I'm sorry. I can't *not* comment on this.
Sam... I don't know what to do with this information.

But cool? I guess?

Anywho, whatever specter of power Illyana seems to have over Limbo is torn away from her...

...a place for a child to live, let alone rule.

Limbo's corruption–or, in the metaphor, Illyana's untreated trauma–has slowly corrupted her self-image; the more daemonic she grows, the more evident it is that Limbo is the last place she should spend time.

Because the reality...