III. Martin Luther King uses the term “white moderate” to reference someone, white people in this case, that prioritises preserving the existing status quo, instead of fighting against injustice, which are black people in this context. King states that the white moderate thought that social justice ought to happen slowly, with patience, even though it is at the detriment of the black community. This concept can be used to understand climate injustice and disruption because there is a group of people who wish to keep things as they are now. The “white moderate” in this context is often a…