What's wrong with just getting the best players, period.
Perhaps African-American males are spending more time in their youth with BOOKS instead of BALLS. That MIGHT be why there are fewer of them in sports like baseball. Since the income of African-Americans HAS risen, the source of that rise in income (home ownership, etc.) MIGHT be due to its male memebers getting MORE education, better jobs, etc. That is, those male members MIGHT be spending LESS time playing basketBALL, footBALL and basebaLL.
Is that such a bad thing for African-American males?
I don't think so.
The conclusion is possible in a world without a racist mentality. However, according to this article, somehow MLB is to blame and it must "do something." THAT is a racist mentality.
Hey, if the shoe fits.....
Besides, in beisball African-American males are competing with Hispanic American boys, all gazillion of'em, playing beisball like African-American boys play basketball.
Since MLB recruits, that is OUT-SOURCES, abroad where beisball is almost a religion, no one should be SO surprised about the, er, changing color of beisball.