— the majority are nonetheless willing to let it all slide in the name of "respect" and "can't we all just get along."

What King referred to as "the white moderate...who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice;..."

There are always those willing ot stand by and do and say nothing as long as they are never made to feel the slightest discomfort.