The Subtle Racism of the Kinists

Wayyyy too obvious to be kinists...

"I'm not a white supremacist, I just believe that whites are superior."

"It's just statistics. Blacks aren't as good as whites by various measures."

"That person of X race who is good at y? That's just an outlier."

"You are putting your family in danger living in a black neighborhood. It's not a matter of 'if' it's a matter of 'when' you or your family will be attacked."

"Oh, I believe that non-whites can be saved. There will be people of all colors in heaven. But we should not mix them on Earth. It's not right."

Racism: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

If cultists weren't bad enough, Reformed groups on Facebook have also had to endure at times the assault of the wonderful folks known as kinists. You may not have heard of this group, as it's fairly new in Christian circles. It has roots in the South, where many used it to justify slavery. Since the end of the Civil War it has maintained a steady following, and has even branched out to races other than those of European descent.

So how will you know you've run across a kinist and not just a run of the mill racist jerk?

When confronted, the white kinists (they come in all colors) will claim that they are not racists, because "racism" is a concept invented by Cultural Marxists intent on wiping out the white race. "Racism is a word without a definition" they will claim.

When confronted with the actual definition of racism all kinists will claim that they have no antagonism towards people of different races. They even trot out friends of different races, though not close ones, just to prove they can be civil towards them.

They may even claim that true racists are supremacists, but they are not. They believe their race is superior, but everyone believes that: "After all, don't you know that the Japanese consider themselves superior to all other races? Do you not think that blacks think themselves superior to whites, Mexicans think themselves superior to blacks and so on?"

To them, ones race is just like a football team, you always root for the home team. They aren't hating anyone, they are just cheering for the survival of their own group. They aren't harming anyone, they are just keeping their people pure and undefiled from all those other inferior races.

Kinism is a subtle racism. It's a slightly "cleaner" racism then the straight up Klansmen type. Kinists back up their position with out of context scripture and verbal gymnastics designed to make you look foolish for even beginning to disagree with them. You end up being the person who "doesn't care about your child's future". Beware this menace. Don't cast your pearls before these swine.

Instead, consider them a harm to the spread of the Gospel. Gently point out that you will not limit your evangelism to your "team" and that spouting off about how superior that "team" is creates unhelpful division within the church.They will likely counter this with some more nonsense out of context Scripture. At this point just walk away, there is little more you can do for them but pray.

Anyone else dealt with this menace?