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.

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.' ...

‘Power Rangers’ writer admits casting black, Asian actors as Black Ranger, Yellow Rangers was ‘such a mistake’ — but star disagrees By Jacki Thrapp Published April 10, 2025, 2:26 a.m. ET ...

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.

In the original series, the only Black character, Zack Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones), and the only Asian character Trini Kwan (Thuy Trang), played the Black and Yellow Rangers, respectively.

Walter Emanuel Jones played Zack Taylor, the Black Ranger, and Thuy Trang played Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger Though fans might happily remember watching the '90s favorite Mighty Morphin Power ...

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.