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Power Rangers writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger was 'such a mistake'

Former 'Power Rangers" head writer Tony Oliver says he now views the decision to cast a Black actor as the Black Ranger and an Asian actress as the Yellow Ranger as 'such a mistake.'

One of the key creative minds behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is owning up to a pair of casting choices widely decried as racially insensitive. Haim Saban, the creator and executive producer of the TV franchise, quickly established a pattern of swapping out the core cast of five to six rangers with each new season. Amy Jo Johnson, who played the first Pink Ranger, Kimberly Hart, recalled that "Walter Jones used to crack good-humored jokes about that.

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