Right. Like, Cap was GIVEN his powers through a super-serum, and Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben were normal homo sapiens UNTIL they got a good dose of space radiation, and the same goes for other heroes like Ms. Marvel. The mutants were NEVER 'normal'. From

That’s my thinking.

In the X-universe, people are not usually terrified of mutants (well, barring the really scary-looking ones) until they are identified as mutants.

I think that still holds up well with people who ‘pass’ as white or straight or cis or whatever. People are fine with them until they are identified differently.

Which is what makes it so sad.