1.   Eddie Murphy cashed in on white liberal guilt, exploiting genteel Beverly Hills racism or joking about deflowering Brooke Shields.

2.   Having been rendered flaccid by a generation of liberal guilt, contemporary liberalism reflexively rejects criticism of social welfare programs.

3.   Rock goes beyond Eddie, beyond liberal guilt.

4.   Some critics suggested that her largely white audience embraced her socially conscious message as a way to assuage their middle-class liberal guilt.