In light of the recent Jackie Robinson anniversary, Major League Baseball, or MLB, released a report that shows that only 8.5% of baseball players are black. The all time high was around 27% back in the 70s. With all due respect to the black community, and no with zero racist intentions, is there really a problem? Let me explain.

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. All the other ball clubs eventually followed until the league was fully integrated. Obviously, barring any race is just plain wrong. So, after going through all that, why is the % of black players so low now? Well, you can boil it down to the fact that black athletes prefer football or basketball. Baseball is a slow sport and is not very exciting. And football and basketball has developed a huge following in the black community. It's not that hard to see why black athletes would rather make their way to football or basketball.

With that in mind, what is the goal of integration? To discourage racism in sports, right? The only problem with the low % of black players in the MLB would be if the league was somehow discriminating and barring black athletes from getting a shot at playing. Does anybody really think the MLB is still racist? The % of white players has been steadily declining, what with the rise of Latin American players.

So, ultimately, is there anything inherently wrong with the low % of black baseball players? Does this somehow need to be fixed? I would love to hear some input on this. The only thing I can think of is that maybe black kids are discouraged from focusing on baseball by their culture? Is that wrong?