Wiktionary
liberal guilt
n. empathy for the poor or working class and shame or remorse for one’s own affluence.
Usage examples of "liberal guilt".
Both Hallorann, the cook in The Shining, and Mother Abagail in The Stand are cardboard caricatures of super-black heroes, viewed through rose-tinted glasses of white-liberal guilt.
Apparently white liberal guilt wasn't enough to deal with a woman who had the wild card virus.