After a writer of former show “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” spoke out on its culturally insensitive casting, actor Walter Emanuel Jones defended his past role.

Earlier this week, it was reported that “Mighty Morphin” head writer and voice actor Tony Oliver admitted that the casting of a Black actor and Asian actress as the Black Power Ranger and Yellow Power Ranger, respectively, “was such a mistake.” Oliver addressed the casting on new Investigation Discovery docuseries, “Hollywood Demons.” 

Jones was cast as the Black Power Ranger (or Zack Taylor), while Vietnamese actress Thuy Trang played the Yellow Power Ranger (or Trini Kwan), replacing the original star, who was Latina.

"None of us are thinking stereotypes," Oliver said on the show, according to Entertainment Weekly. It was during a meeting that Oliver’s assistant addressed cultural insensitivity involving the characters of Taylor and Kwan, but to the writer, it was Taylor who possessed the “swagger” of the Power Rangers.

In support of Oliver and the hit 1990s show, on Wednesday (April 9), Jones posted an Instagram carousel and referenced the headlines. “Incredible how many media outlets picked this up. However while some choose to seek out the negative, I’ve always believed in focusing on the positive,” Jones captioned the post. 

He continued, “I understand the impulse to address what might be seen as cultural insensitivity, but calling it a ‘mistake’ would dismiss the impact it had on countless people around the world who found inspiration and representation in TV’s first Black superhero — morphin’ into none other than the Black Power Ranger!”

Jones concluded by denying that the casting was a “mistake,” but instead, a “milestone” and “an honor.” 

The carousel also included clips from Jones being on the “Toon’d In” podcast, where he addressed that being the Black Power Ranger “never bothered” him. The actor could return in the Disney Plus “Power Rangers” reboot, which is currently in development.