African American Stereotypes In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

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In the first episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Zach, the black power ranger shows us a unique style of fight called Hip Hop Kido while he is fighting with the bad forces . This peculiar type of fight is a mixture of martial arts with hip hop dance. Since the Jazz Age African American has been associated with the abstracted idea of hipness. The Power Rangers producers directly or indirectly used the African American character to reinforced the stereotype of being good dancers and be directly linked to the Hip Hop culture. The usual African American stereotypes affirms black people dance well and it has more to do with certain racist-based constructed from common than with scientific proof that one or such group of ported genes by people

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