“It was such a mistake,” he reflected.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangerspremiered on Fox Kids in August 1993.
Oliver pointed out that “Thuy was not our original Yellow Ranger.”
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Trang was recast and edited into the pilot that aired in 1993.
I’m Black, and I play the Black Ranger go figure."
Jones was replaced by Korean-American actor Johnny Yong Bosch and Trang was replaced by Black actress Karan Ashley.
At that time, Haim and I were new to this country.
We didn’t grow up in the same environment that exists in America with regard to skin color.
We grew up in Israel, where being a Black person is like being any kind of color.
It’s not something we talked about all the time.
It wasn’t a big issue."
I think it’s funny if it was done unintentionally by the big bosses.
David Yost, Thuy Trang, Jason David Frank, Austin St. John, Amy Jo Johnson, and Walter Jones as the ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’.Courtesy Everett
It wouldn’t happen today.
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