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They "weren't thinking stereotypes" but in the original cast the only woman in the group was the pink ranger as if that wasn't also a stereotype...
K, sure, gotcha.
This is what people mean when they call out implicit bias. I can believe that nobody in the writer's room explicitly said "Oh we should make the girl pink because girls like pink," but I can also believe someone made the girl pink because it "felt right" and nobody ever argued against it, and same with the black and yellow rangers. Having a diverse writer's room is a great way to prevent these implicit biases from getting passed on, but I'd honestly be surprised if Mighty Morphin Power Rangers had more than like, one white dude working on the entire story.
This works more for the yellow ranger. The pink ranger is clearly female in the original Japanese version - she has breasts and her uniform has a skirt. But the original Japanese yellow ranger was male: no breasts, no skirt. The US execs probably wanted 2 female rangers, but they chose yellow over red, blue, or black as the most likely "girl" color.