Was Jesus being unkind to the Gentile woman in Mark 7?

Gene Aptaker, author of the Endtimes Disciples Weblog, thinks probably not:

“Was Jesus being insensitive or unkind to the Syrophoenician woman? I don’t believe so. I believe He was dealing with ‘racial superiority’ issues in His disciples, in perhaps a less direct way than He dealt with other issues at other times.”