Study: Among social liberals, learning about White privilege reduces sympathy, increases blame (enemy, poverty)

[The Dark Enlightenment]

The left used to be on the side of the poor and working classes. But lately they seem to consider lower class whites the enemy, labeling them deplorable. What is behind this drastic shift in sympathies?

...reading about White privilege decreased their sympathy for a poor White (vs. Black) person. Moreover, these shifts in sympathy were associated with greater punishment/blame and fewer external attributions for a poor White person’s plight. We conclude that, among social liberals, White privilege lessons may increase beliefs that poor White people have failed to take advantage of their racial privilege

Among social liberals, learning about White privilege reduces sympathy, increases blame... for White people struggling with poverty.