Walter Emanual Jones, best known for his role as the Black Power Ranger in the 1990s "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," has rejected the notion that casting a Black actor in the role was a mistake.

Black Ranger Walter Emanuel Jones weighed in on a 'Power Rangers' writer calling the potentially problematic casting of Black and Yellow Ranger 'a mistake': 'It wasn't a mistake; it was a milestone.' ...

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Though Jones only played the Black Ranger (aka Zack Taylor) from 1993-1994, he remains a cultural icon. Campy and spandex-laden, the Power Rangers were often ridiculed for having a black Black Ranger.

I'm Black, and I play the black Ranger — go figure," he says in a clip from the "Dark Side of the Power Rangers." The original Yellow Ranger was played by Thuy Trang.

The head writer of 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' admits it was a mistake to cast Black and Asian actors to play the Black and Yellow Rangers.

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“Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” kicked off in August 1993 on Fox Kids, featuring Jones as Zack Taylor (the first Black Ranger) and Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (the first Yellow Ranger).

It wasn’t a mistake; it was a milestone. It was an honor." Jones made his Black Ranger debut on Fox Kids' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in 1993 and appeared across all two seasons.