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“Kanye West is in hot water again — this time for comments made during an interview that have been deemed “classic antisemitism” by the Anti-Defamation League.
The rapper spoke to Power 105’s Breakfast Club over a week ago (Nov. 26), and the interview eventually veered into West’s political opinions.
“Man, let me tell you about George Bush and oil money and Obama and no money,” Kanye said. “People want to say Obama can’t make these moves or he’s not executing. That’s because he ain’t got those connections. Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people. Black people don’t have the same connection as oil people.””* Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Michael Shure and Jimmy Dore break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here from Kevin Rutherford / Billboard:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5812424/anti-defamation-league-calls-out-kanye-west-for-classic
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Comments
Let me say that I don’t often care about anything that Kanye has to say. I think that people are taking the comments about Jews completely out of context. That specific reference to Jews as discussed in the black community has never been a derogatory statement. We have always respected the fact that the Jewish community is known to provide access to a network of other Jews. It is one of the things that we use to try and convince other African Americans to reach back and help those behind you to achieve the same or greater. Jews circulate their wealth upwards of 6 times within their communities and we can do nothing but respect it and possibly covet it.
The overall context is skewed by Kanye’s usual immature and frustrated banner. But aside from the stupid Obama comment, he is right about blacks not having the connections of Jews or any other ethnic group in America. So please get over the Jewish remark. I was not anti in anyway.