http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgC9LEBTuQ
It's so funny to see people stereotyped based on their race and gender, right? Because that's exactly what this video is making clear. In this video we see that each person is assigned a color based on the color fo their skin or their gender, what's up with that? The sad thing is, that's the way the original cast of The Mighty Morphing Power Rangers were assigned their colors. Although we may never really pay attention to these things, that's the way it was as seen in the picture below.
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In the video, as Zordon named off each color for each person, he gave a few attributes as to why they are their particular color. He deemed the black guy the Black Ranger because of his "strength and durability," we all know this was one of the main reasons for slavery. He assigned the Asian girl the Yellow Ranger because of her "agility," asians are well known for martial arts which exhibits their grace and agility. He also mentioned her being well in math, which is another big stereotype made toward asians. He assigned the white guy to be the White Ranger because he wanted him to be the leader and we see in America's white supremacist society, the white man is the next best thing since sliced bread.
Finally, the one that really got me was the Pink Ranger. He assigned the girl to be the Pink Ranger simply because she was the girl, and no other reason. She even asked to be the leader because she was more qualified than the White Ranger and Zordon laughed in her face. That was a great example of the way things are in American society. Even though the female has the qualifications and maybe more than a man, she isn't selected for a particular position based on her gender. It is because we live in a male dominated society this is so, and because of these circumstances, women make on average 33% less than a man does. It's almost fascinating the way we automatically stereotype each other today, it almost seems innate.
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