For years, a recurring core theme among X-Men comics has been one of acceptance and the fair treatment of disenfranchised groups. Created by the legendary team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby during the Civil Rights Movement, the X-Men have consistently been depicted as a group of mutants who are hated by the world around them, yet who continuously strive to create a world where they are accepted and free from the constraints of prejudice and bigotry. But years after their creation, a character was introduced into the world of the X-Men whose very name was an ill-conceived reminder of racism and the horrors of war.