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.

It was such a mistake.” Jones starred in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for the first two seasons from 1993 to 1994, before Johnny Yong Bosch took over the Black Ranger suit as Adam Park.

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.

I'm Black, and I play the Black Ranger - go figure." "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" co-creator Shuki Levy previously told Complex that Jones and Trang's casting "wasn't intentional at all.

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.

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