Best Picture Oscar winner causes upset

Lots of hullabaloo about Green Book winning Best Picture. I'm both surprised and disappointed, but it's not like Oscar always crowns the greatest cinematic achievement of the year.  I liked the movie for its obvious appeal, but saw the flaws too. I read a couple of articles about it this morning (the Morning After), one written by the LA Times reviewer after the win and another that appeared on Huffington Post at the end of 2018.  Here's my reaction to the latter:

I understand what the folks in this interview are saying, I totally do. And I don't think it was the best picture of the year by any stretch. But I also think that some of the criticism is really unfair. Like the scene where Tony throws away the glasses that were used by the black repairmen. That sort of thing happened all the time in the 1960s, that's the point of the scene - it's instructive.

More to the point, I think Nick Vallelonga has as much right to tell his story as anyone else does. His story from his perspective is a valid story. It's not the only story and the fact that we are discussing that fact is a good thing, IMO. And I totally agree that we need a movie about the real green book and what it meant and why it was needed. But that doesn't mean that this story is bad or wrong or is an affront to the Universe.