Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.
It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.