September 19, 2025 • 4 mins
What if the X-Men saga isn’t just about superheroes, but a powerful lens on race in America? In this discussion, two passionate fans peel back the layers of X-Men: First Class, uncovering striking parallels between the mutants’ fight for acceptance and the lived experiences of Black Americans.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This brother gave a very detailed breakdown after
re-watching some of these X-Menmovies.
I'm telling y'all, man In,correlation to what's going on
today in terms of racism andeverything.
Would you care to break thisdown, sir, for our general
audience.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
I'm telling y'all man .
Speaker 1 (00:13):
What's that it actually had me.
If I didn't waste my time withthis movie this morning, I
definitely would have went backand watched First Class again,
man.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Hilarious, but yeah, watch first class man, you got
to listen to this.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
You're going to jump in this.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Go ahead, I'm already on it, I'm already.
I'm already there.
I'm just glad you, finally, youfinally hopped on board the
train.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So Dre for the general audience.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
No, no, no, it wasn't that deep.
It was deep to me, but go ahead, but if you watch I mean all
the X-Men movies now if you goback and watch more I was
watching First Class man Allthis is about Black people, man.
It's all about Black people.
No-transcript know?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
well, let me.
Historically, that's the reasonwhy they use that lady's jeans
because black people aresuperhuman.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
So go ahead yeah, I mean when you break it, when you
when you break down, when youbreak down the uh, the whole
movie man and look at it, you'dbe like man, like wow, beast was
like a politician.
You know what I mean.
And you know you got ProfessorX and Magneto.
That's like Malcolm and Martinman.
You know they both got the samemindset.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
but Magneto One is revolutionary and one is Beast.
Magneto One wants to integrate,the other one wants to separate
.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's mad deep man, when you gothrough the whole process and
even when you even see, like,the whole situation with Magneto
and what's the chick name?
Storm, Not Storm.
The other one, Gene the villain, bro man.
No, the blue, the chick thatturned blue Myst one, the
villain brought it.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
No, the blue, the chick that turned blue.
Oh, mystique, mystique.
The shapeshifter, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Remember what's the whole thing about Mystique?
She don't like herself becauseof her blue skin.
She had a blue skin andeverything like that.
She hates that dark, deep blueskin Right.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Right right right, right right right.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So the whole point, remember when she was laying in
his bed and she had made herselfinto a beautiful white woman or
whatever like that.
And he was like I don't evenwant you like that, I want you
like how you are.
So I think she changed it toanother chick and he was like
nah, I want you like how you are.
And she turned back into herbeing blue and he was like nah,
I want you like how you are.
And she turned back into herbeing uh, blue and he was like
(02:47):
yo, you're beautiful just theway you are, something like that
.
He just left in the bedroom.
I was like, yo, this it's.
The whole thing is hard, even ifyou're going to the joint where
, as um, what's the chick?
Uh rogue, she couldn't touchher boyfriend, you know, I mean
because he was, he was gonna her.
So she wanted to change herself, she wanted to go get the
vaccine you know what I mean tolose her power so she could be
(03:11):
with him, or whatever the casemay be.
But the other white broad, shewas able to.
She saw them having a good timetogether.
Whatever the case may be, Ithink it had, you know, like,
had little undertones of blackwomen and all kind of other
stuff like that man.
I was like yo.
Man, when you watch that jointover again, you're going to be
like yo.
This joint is crazy man.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I take it a little deeper with Mystique.
Mystique, she has the abilityto, so basically she can.
It's her mindset.
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
She can be anything she want.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but she thinks that her natural
self is not good enough.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Right right, right, right right.
I'm telling you, man, I wassitting there watching and the
joint with Beast is a politicianright and he's thinking he's a
part of the government and allthis other stuff like that.
And when they came up with thisso-called vaccine to cure the
mutants or whatever like that,he walks up in the joint.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
He was like yo, I wasn't even in this meeting to
even discuss it.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You know what I mean.
And there's a portion wherethey, when they put the vaccine
together, he kind of left thegovernment.
He was like yo listen, I needto go be with my people.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
You know what I?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
mean.
You know what I mean.
They all trying to piece it up.
I'm telling you, man, so itkind of reminds you know what
I'm saying.
But you know, a lot of thesemovies is like that.
They got undertones of stuffpertaining to us.
What's the name?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Planet of the Apes was like that, the original one
you know what I mean yeah, theoriginal, yeah, the original
Planet of the Apes.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
So when you watch, when you
This brother gave a very detailed breakdown after
re-watching some of these X-Menmovies.
I'm telling y'all, man In,correlation to what's going on
today in terms of racism andeverything.
Would you care to break thisdown, sir, for our general
audience.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
I'm telling y'all man .
Speaker 1 (00:13):
What's that it actually had me.
If I didn't waste my time withthis movie this morning, I
definitely would have went backand watched First Class again,
man.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Hilarious, but yeah, watch first class man, you got
to listen to this.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
You're going to jump in this.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Go ahead, I'm already on it, I'm already.
I'm already there.
I'm just glad you, finally, youfinally hopped on board the
train.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So Dre for the general audience.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
No, no, no, it wasn't that deep.
It was deep to me, but go ahead, but if you watch I mean all
the X-Men movies now if you goback and watch more I was
watching First Class man Allthis is about Black people, man.
It's all about Black people.
No-transcript know?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
well, let me.
Historically, that's the reasonwhy they use that lady's jeans
because black people aresuperhuman.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
So go ahead yeah, I mean when you break it, when you
when you break down, when youbreak down the uh, the whole
movie man and look at it, you'dbe like man, like wow, beast was
like a politician.
You know what I mean.
And you know you got ProfessorX and Magneto.
That's like Malcolm and Martinman.
You know they both got the samemindset.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
but Magneto One is revolutionary and one is Beast.
Magneto One wants to integrate,the other one wants to separate
.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's mad deep man, when you gothrough the whole process and
even when you even see, like,the whole situation with Magneto
and what's the chick name?
Storm, Not Storm.
The other one, Gene the villain, bro man.
No, the blue, the chick thatturned blue Myst one, the
villain brought it.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
No, the blue, the chick that turned blue.
Oh, mystique, mystique.
The shapeshifter, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Remember what's the whole thing about Mystique?
She don't like herself becauseof her blue skin.
She had a blue skin andeverything like that.
She hates that dark, deep blueskin Right.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Right right right, right right right.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So the whole point, remember when she was laying in
his bed and she had made herselfinto a beautiful white woman or
whatever like that.
And he was like I don't evenwant you like that, I want you
like how you are.
So I think she changed it toanother chick and he was like
nah, I want you like how you are.
And she turned back into herbeing blue and he was like nah,
I want you like how you are.
And she turned back into herbeing uh, blue and he was like
(02:47):
yo, you're beautiful just theway you are, something like that
.
He just left in the bedroom.
I was like, yo, this it's.
The whole thing is hard, even ifyou're going to the joint where
, as um, what's the chick?
Uh rogue, she couldn't touchher boyfriend, you know, I mean
because he was, he was gonna her.
So she wanted to change herself, she wanted to go get the
vaccine you know what I mean tolose her power so she could be
(03:11):
with him, or whatever the casemay be.
But the other white broad, shewas able to.
She saw them having a good timetogether.
Whatever the case may be, Ithink it had, you know, like,
had little undertones of blackwomen and all kind of other
stuff like that man.
I was like yo.
Man, when you watch that jointover again, you're going to be
like yo.
This joint is crazy man.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I take it a little deeper with Mystique.
Mystique, she has the abilityto, so basically she can.
It's her mindset.
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
She can be anything she want.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but she thinks that her natural
self is not good enough.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Right right, right, right right.
I'm telling you, man, I wassitting there watching and the
joint with Beast is a politicianright and he's thinking he's a
part of the government and allthis other stuff like that.
And when they came up with thisso-called vaccine to cure the
mutants or whatever like that,he walks up in the joint.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
He was like yo, I wasn't even in this meeting to
even discuss it.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
You know what I mean.
And there's a portion wherethey, when they put the vaccine
together, he kind of left thegovernment.
He was like yo listen, I needto go be with my people.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
You know what I?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
mean.
You know what I mean.
They all trying to piece it up.
I'm telling you, man, so itkind of reminds you know what
I'm saying.
But you know, a lot of thesemovies is like that.
They got undertones of stuffpertaining to us.
What's the name?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Planet of the Apes was like that, the original one
you know what I mean yeah, theoriginal, yeah, the original
Planet of the Apes.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
So when you watch, when you
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