Wakandan mutants and Krakoa

[Cville]

He calls himself "Muti," and there's literally nothing to suggest or indicate that the author is at all ignorant of the word's in universe meaning (that doesn't even make sense, why would they choose the name and mention its double meaning if they weren't aware of its significance).

It's a double entendre referring to South African traditional medicine and his being Mutant. ‪‪I imagine it's a matter of reappropriating and reclaiming the slur, as is quite common in real life.
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I don't remember him saying he or his parents are from South Africa so that doesn't make sense. Where does this scene indicate the writer knows Mutie is a racial slur?