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‘Power Rangers’ Writer Says ‘It Was a Mistake’ to Cast Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger: ‘None of Us’ Were ‘Thinking Stereotypes’
The head writer of 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' admits it was a mistake to cast Black and Asian actors to play the Black and Yellow Rangers.
Oliver says in the documentary that “none of us [were] thinking stereotypes” when these casting decisions were originally made, which his why the show ran for two seasons with “the Black character the Black Ranger and the Asian character the Yellow Ranger.” It wasn’t until “my assistant pointed it out in a meeting one day” that Oliver realized these castings were upholding stereotypes. “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” co-creator Shuki Levy previously told Complex that Jones and Trang’s casting “wasn’t intentional at all. We didn’t grow up in the same environment that exists in America with regard to skin color.
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