In Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, he uses the term ‘white moderate’ to describe a group of white people who are neither for continued segregation, nor are they willing to fight to end segregation. This group believes that social justice and equality between black and white people should happen, however it should happen slowly and need not be pushed for by activist groups. Essentially, these people do not have a strong opinion either way, and they would prefer to maintain the status quo because that is the easiest route possible so as to not disrupt government and society.