[Kid Omni-Man sounds like kind of an oxymoron, but Barnaby doesn't point it out. It's clear that this man doesn't care for the name much anyway.]

They're afraid of NEXTs, which is the general term to describe anyone with an usual power. Heroes were -- and still are, I suppose -- intended to put a friendly face to the growing NEXT population while providing NEXTs themselves with positive role models. You don't hear about things like parents abandoning their NEXT children anymore, but it wouldn't be accurate to say there's no discrimination, either.