TigerGoblin
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As a teen, I always figured that the X-Men were hated because the "hated superhero" schtick worked so well for Spider-Man, they tried the same thing with superhero group. It's just more interesting than the "admired superhero" (Superman, FF) or the completely alien monarchy (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Inhumans)That comes up a lot. He's also said in other interviews that if he did it then it would've been sub-concious. The problem is it's usually interviewers coming to him to ask about stories he wrote decades ago rather than a thing Lee actively claimed on his own.
Besides actual stories he wrote like Beast's origin contradict it. They directly cite his dad working at a nuclear plant with bad safety regulations for why Hank McCoy is a mutant. There's next to nothing in the Lee run that reflects a Civil Rights influence without stretching.
The entire "this is for civil rights" things became present later but did not take center stage until Brian Singer decided that the X-Men is just emo gays, and everyone cheered him fotr it.