@StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 19 days ago'Power Rangers' writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was 'a mistake'ew.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1548arrow-down113
arrow-up1535arrow-down1external-link'Power Rangers' writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was 'a mistake'ew.com@StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 19 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-square@Todd_cross@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish73•19 days agoWhat’s funny is right before they changed costumes with ZEO, they gave Tommy a Native American ancestor and then he became the red ZEO ranger.
minus-square@kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish39•19 days agoTommy is white… White ranger. Tommy discovers he is like 1/32 Native American… suddenly becomes Red ranger. Honestly, that is pretty par for the course. Go get that ethnic minority scholarship you slightly-less-than-totally-white guy.
What’s funny is right before they changed costumes with ZEO, they gave Tommy a Native American ancestor and then he became the red ZEO ranger.
Tommy is white… White ranger. Tommy discovers he is like 1/32 Native American… suddenly becomes Red ranger.
Honestly, that is pretty par for the course. Go get that ethnic minority scholarship you slightly-less-than-totally-white guy.