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OK, I think we've got the bit between teeth on that one.
Kaiser John: It's dangerous to assume that people know what you mean - it's clear to _you_, but the suggestion that if somebody questions that then they are being perverse is a rather large statement to make. In this case, I think that what you meant was:
Mutants were becoming within the Marvel universe a recognised minority population entitled to equal legal rights and with whom people are accustomed to dealing as equals on a daily basis, although still subject to discrimination and acts of violence, just as we have seen in the experience of black and gay people in the US.
Unfortunately, putting a pair of quote marks around "normal" does not necessarily communicate that, even if I have guessed right. Especially when you used the forms "blacks" and "gays" - this is, I have no doubt, inexperience rather than malice, but iit's generally considered a bit off to use these as defining nouns rather than describing adjectives (compare balck people and gay men and lesbians, for example). Taken together, I can see somebody coming to a conclusion that you meant something quite different from the meaning I took away. Particularly in areas where historically words have often been used with highly prejudicial meanings, it's best to try to minimise misunderstandings at the point of speech. |
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