Comment on ‘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’

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djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

This is what people mean when they call out implicit bias. I can believe that nobody in the writer’s room explicitly said “Oh we should make the girl pink because girls like pink,” but I can also believe someone made the girl pink because it “felt right” and nobody ever argued against it, and same with the black and yellow rangers. Having a diverse writer’s room is a great way to prevent these implicit biases from getting passed on, but I’d honestly be surprised if Mighty Morphin Power Rangers had more than like, one white dude working on the entire story.

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