Well yes, but her role in the comics for a few years was that of Wolverine, and it was a great comic run.
I'm not disagreeing with the sentiment that people are afraid of what's different, merely that the situation is more than a little different. Being afraid of teenaged white boys because they statistically shoot up schools more often is a little different than being scared that randomly people might suddenly start sweating corrosive acid or uncontrollably shooting lasers from their eyes the second puberty hits.I don't like said person because their skin color mandates that they could walk in here and rob and shoot people.
How many times is it stated in the movies and comics that people are afraid of what they don't understand or what is different?