And the point of this piece is what?
Keeping racism alive in America.
Wait until next year, when Ellsbury replaces Coco Crisp. There will be a real firestorm from the Boston Globe and the Boston elitist when the Red Sox have no “African-American” players on their roster. The media went wild in 2005, when the Astros showed up at the World Series without any “African-American” players.