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and he wasn't racist yet (quokk.au)
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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Jason's actor was Native American. Zack is Black... Trini is Vietnamese.

Billy the Boy is Blue and Kimberly the Girl is Pink.

Even once you notice that I think you could probably argue it's actually decent expression of diversity and inclusion (graded on a curve for the 90's) that unironically did an "All Lives Matter" type reframing of "___ Power" type slogans well...

If the producers didn't engage in racist, homophobic, and sexist bullying on set while screwing over all the actors and the White Ranger wasn't frequently portrayed as the equal or better of the whole team combined.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago*

    I mean, I definitely noticed that the colored rangers were stereotypically assigned in the most racist and misogynist way. Even as a kid, we all thought it was messed up that the black and yellow rangers were black and Asian. Also, I heard much later about the homophobia and general toxicity of the production.

    It just never occurred to me that it was the White Power Ranger. Especially when you consider that the show was a retread of a Japanese show that was several seasons behind, so they knew when they named them the Power Rangers that they would have a Black Power Ranger and a White Power Ranger. They could have called them literally anything. Super Hero Ninja Squad. Dino Buddy Fantastic Fighters. Mighty Morphin' Turbo Rangers.

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