Vidya
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I see DEI was already creeping in in '91
It was literally a running gag in the 90s that you needed a specific amount of diversity to be a TV show on basic cable television. The Power Rangers are a great example. There is always a black one, and another minority of some kind in every 5 man group guaranteed.
The only difference was that at the time it was being promoted and pushed as a "we can all get along" message instead of a malicious "we must hate each other forever" one. It was still retarded, but its why people didn't really react as negatively to it at the time because it felt like it was trying to improve things (even if the Elites were using it subversively).
Black guy was always the black ranger...
Memes aside, that was only true literally once with the original (that also made the Yellow Ranger Asian). The second Black Ranger in the original series was an Asian dude, and the next one (like 4 generations later when they used Black again) was Mexican.
They always had a black person on the team, but they caught on after the original lineup to not repeat that.
ah, I never saw 4th+ gen