Despite the perception of racial insensitivity in his casting, Walter Emanuel Jones is proud to have originated the role of the Black Ranger.

"Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" star Walter Emanuel Jones is responding to head writer Tony Oliver, who said in the new Investigation Discovery series "Hollywood Demons" that it was a "mistake" to cast a Black actor to play the Black Ranger and an Asian actor to play the Yellow Ranger due to cultural stereotypes.

The unfortunate situation didn’t last long in terms of the show’s ongoing legacy; after the show’s second season, both Jones and Trang departed the show, and the Black Ranger was thereafter played by Johnny Yong Bosch (who is Asian) and the Yellow Ranger was Karan Ashley (who is Black).