Exactly my thoughts. I would have sat there with my little umbrella drinky and said to myself "Sellout, schmellout"...Jeeves, another round....and put a call into my masseuse.
The truly famous live in “The Bubble” anyway. While you still see & read the things that people say about you, you retain the power to shut most of it out. Other famous people have engaged in this self-destructive behavior. Race is but one component of Whitney’s demise. Probably not the most important one, either.