Since she first sashayed onto the big screen in Drumline,  Zoe Saldana had our attention. Since then, she has enjoyed a charmed acting career with credits in a number of huge box office hits. With staring roles in movies like Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avatar, the Afro-Latina beauty has broken barriers for women of color in the sci-fi genre and according to a recent interview, these experiences have rendered her "color-blind."

In a recent interview, the actress explained why she prefers sci-fi to the real world saying, "I get to imagine the unimaginable. I’m always in awe of writers, directors and actors who are able to pull off a world we’ve never seen—I love working with people who let their imaginations go. Plus, you get to play characters who defy gravity. I like that." 

Saldana goes on to say, "It makes me feel superhuman because, obviously, it’s been brought to my attention continuously since I was born that I’m not a conventional person because of the color of my skin or my gender or my cultural background. So I think science fiction has given me the ability as an artist to be colorblind, and gender-blind, and to imagine and reinvent myself and be the chameleon actors are supposed to be."

Fair enough. Who wouldn't want to live in such a fluid, utopian world where limiting constructs don't exist? However, it's not the statement itself that gives pause but more Saldana's complicated history when it comes to race. Throughout her career, the actress has asserted her identity all over the racial spectrum. The actress has said, "people of color" don't exist, and also, on the heals of her controversial staring role in the poorly received Nina Simone biopic, "You have no idea who I am. I am black." 

We can't keep up. I say we call it, and classify Zoe Saldana as a real life avatar.