Doug Wilson’s Use of Satire, Mockery, and Rhetorical Sharpness

Analysis of Doug Wilson’s rhetorical use of satire, mockery, and parody, including his defense of sharp speech and the ethical implications for Christian discourse.

Doug Wilson Says If ‘Jesus Was White' and the Canaanite Woman Was ‘Black,’ He Would Have Said ‘It's Not Right’ ‘to Give Perfectly Good White Folk Food to ‘N****rs’’

September 3, 2024 (Updated on November 4, 2025 ) | Opinion by Nathan Wells

Doug Wilson retold the story of Jesus and the Canaanite woman using a racial slur. Read his exact words and the biblical case against this rhetoric.

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“Put in terms that we might be more familiar with, Jesus was white, and the disciples were white, and this black woman comes up seeking healing for her daughter. She gets ignored. The disciples ask Jesus to send her off. She comes up and beseeches Christ for healing. It's not right, He says, to give perfectly good white folk food to ‘n****rs.’” — Doug Wilson

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