Black Genius Upsets Some Easily Upset People. It is the truth that famous historical figures have not always had a positive legacy, and in artistic pieces, some of the negativity they have spawned will be brought to task. It's no biggie. People are criticized all the time while they are alive, and they manage to stay that way. Is it really so bad to talk bad about those whose very bones have decayed? Or is it the ideology that is sacrosanct, not the people?