Erica Thomas, who had God knows how many items in the express lane at the supermarket, flew into a rage when she was called on it by a white guy, told him to "go back where he came from" (he's a white Cuban) and then lied about it on social media. Her reaction was textbook black racism.

She assumed that if she was being criticized by a white man, the white man must be racist.

Ten years ago, during the Age of Obama, black Professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested after he locked himself out of his own home, and he and a black cab driver broke into the house. A neighbor reported two men breaking into a house, and when the police came, instead of Gates explaining politely what happened, started shouting obscenely at the investigating officers.

Sergeant James Crowley and Officer James Figueroa quote an incensed Gates yelling, 'This is what happens to black men in America!,' and, when asked by Crowley to speak with him outside the residence, Gates replied, 'ya, I'll speak with your mama outside.'

You see, the officer who came to the door of the house that Gates had broken into was white.

At the time, I said that the obvious point here is that if anyone was being a racist here, it's Gates. He sees a policeman come to his door, judges him by the color of his skin and his blue uniform, and starts yelling.

One story, published in the New York Times, had Gates demanding a humiliating apology from James Crowley, the arresting officer ("I would like a one-on-one with Officer Crowley," he said in an interview, "and I'd like him to apologize. But that will in no way determine if I sue him, the Police Department or the city"), and included this startling fact:

"[Gates's] front door was stuck shut, and his taxi driver helped him pry it open. According to the subsequent police report, a woman called to report two black men trying to force entry."

Because there were two black men trying to force entry—Gates was breaking into his own house. This is not a crime, of course. I've done it myself.  So have most of my readers, unless they live in a town so small and monocultural that they don't lock their doors. But it certainly justifies a police officer asking a question or two, especially since people who break into their "own homes" include estranged husbands, who may be violent.

And if Gates weren't a racist himself, he wouldn't have objected to a white policeman inquiring when someone was reported breaking into his home.

Erica Thomas seems to have reacted the same. Her reaction isn't that different from all the black drivers stopped for speeding who seem to feel that white people wouldn't have been stopped for the same offense, and black people fired for stealing who feel that being fired for stealing is racist.

It's the modern version of "feudal privilege," as one of Steve Sailer's commenters said a while back:

The end goal of political correctness is to resurrect medieval concepts of hereditary nobility, albeit with privileges accorded to women and ethnic/sexual minorities instead of the descendants of military leaders as was done in feudal times

• Extremely brittle sense of personal honor: as a commoner (white male), say the wrong words or even look at a high-born funny and you’re guilty of some kind of crime (needless to say, the reverse does not apply; peasants have no honor to offend)

One difference between this and Gatesgate: In 2009, the angry black noble was backed by the President of the United States.