9 Black Celebs Who Do Not Identify as African American

5. Zoe Saldana

The Guardians of the Galaxy actress surprised fans when she said that “there is no such people of color” during a BET interview. Saldana went on to say, “I literally run away from people that use words like ethnic. It’s preposterous! To me there is no such thing as people of color cause in reality people aren’t white. Paper is white. People are pink, it’s a bit ridiculous when I have to explain to a human being, that is an adult like I am, that looks intelligent but for some reason I have to question his intelligence and explain to him as if he was a two year old, my composition in order for him to say, ‘Oh I guess I can chill with you, I can work with you.” Saldana has Dominican, Puerto Rican, Haitian and Lebanese roots, so we can understand that she is trying to step away from the limitations of race.