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minorities. After the cure is made public, some mutants call a meeting to
debate the pros and cons of the cure. During the meeting, Magneto
interrupts and warns them that humans will force the cure upon them and
compares what will happen to genocide, which is reminiscent of
Magneto’s past as a survivor of the Holocaust. Several mutants approach
Magneto after his admonitions, including a mutant with the porcupineesque ability to release spikes/quills from his skin named Kid Omega
who is Asian/American and played by Ken Leung. Another mutant who
has the power to sense other mutant beings and has lightning fast speed
is called Arclight and is portrayed by model turned aetress Omahyra who
is from the Dominiean Republic. Later in the film, the audience is
introduced to Juggernaut after Magneto and his followers free Mystique
from confinement as she is being transferred by a convoy of trucks.
Juggernaut is another captured mutant and is played by English actor
Vinnie Jones who is marked as “other” by his less-polished accent,
usually associated with the lower classes of England, but his otherness is
due to both nationality and class as opposed to race or ethnicity.
Consequently, a majority of the “evil” mutants who adhere to Magneto’s
philosophies are played by minorities in the film who are easily
distinguished as being the Other and are