There is racism in Hollywood: Zoe Saldana

“Of course there’s racism and discrimination in Hollywood. You go for a part and they say,’Oh,we really liked her,she’s amazing,but we wanted to go with something more traditional.’ As if I’m not a traditional American! I feel sorry for people like that. They need to educate themselves. Mostly you move on and say,’Well,I wasn’t meant to work with you or be around someone like you’ Other times you might say,’You’re ignorant,you’re a racist. That’s it. I’m out of here!,” said Saldana.

The actress,whose father is a Dominican and mother a Puerto Rican,also said that off late it has become a trend to hate Americans because of the situation in the country and thinks that is being racist as well.

“Deep down,some people are enjoying the fact that the most powerful nation on Earth is struggling a little and then they deny that’s racist! And that frightens me. I’ve witnessed racism all my life,” she said.