An example that could have come right out of a psychology textbook. Well done.

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.

Is {current_year} and the fascists dogs kid show still have the only female dog in pink.

You know, you're right. I had this weird false memory of there originally only being three of them and that the yellow, green, and black rangers came later. I just checked Wikipedia, and she was for sure in the first episode.

Yellow ranger was a dude in the original Japanese footage. That's why in the fights he didn't wear a skirt like the pink ranger.

Oh I completely agree that there are harmful historical associations, like the "Yellow Peril" stereotype, and that we need to be aware of it. I'm just saying that not every color/race pairing is promoting those stereotypes.

I'm wondering if using those pairings in a positive way can subvert the old associations, like how Black Panther reclaims blackness as power, or how Barbie's pink means something more empowering.

In Power Rangers, all the characters were portrayed as heroes, respected equally by the team. So while the color choices might not have been intentional, the show, for the most part, didn't show the characters in a negative or stereotypical way. That doesn’t mean we shouldn't be aware of broader sterotypes. It just may mean the it wasn’t necessarily harmful in this case.

Bloody pink skins taking our jobs again.

I get why they did it but..."we'll just cast an Asian woman, no one will know the difference" is a little not great. Meanwhile DIC was taking notes while working on Sailor Moon.