After Louis Farrakhan’s Dicey Support, Kanye West Ends Anti-Semitic Debate Controversy

Written By S. Samuel

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West has put an end to the speculation of whether or not he made anti-Semitic remarks toward the Jewish community amid apology demands and Minister Louis Farrakhan speaking out in his defense.

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While Ye appeared apologetic for the way he expressed his feelings, he ultimately deemed the perceived anti-Semitic remarks as complimentary.

Yesterday (December 18), Kanye sat down with Chicago’s B96 (a Radio.com station) to talk about the comment in question, in which he remarked, “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.” “I think that it was kind of like an ignorant compliment,” Kanye explained, before joking, “I don’t know how being told that you have money is like an an insult. That would be like if somebody complimented black guys and said, ‘All black guys have big p*nises.’ You don’t want to be the black guy who raises his hand and says like, ‘That’s not true. I have proof!'” (News Radio)

Jewish hip-hop personality Peter Rosenberg recently said while he could respect Minister Louis Farrakhan’s defense, Kanye may have been better off not taking his advice.

“I agree with Minister Farrakhan, who said he believes Kanye should not have to apologize. We agree. We agree on that. I don’t think he has to apologize. I don’t think he worded it perfectly but I don’t think he needs to apologize. We know his intent wasn’t bad. We know Kanye’s not anti-Semitic,” Rosenberg said. “I’m sure [he has] real love for many Jews. It doesn’t even worry me at all – however, if you say something anti-Semitic, is the first choice of a person to defend you, to prove that you’re not anti-Semitic, would you want that person to be Louis Farrakhan? That would be like if a cop were arrested for police brutality and George Zimmerman decided to release a video to be like, ‘Nah fam! He’s good! He’s good!’ Minster Farrakhan, I have love for you in spite many Jews might think that’s odd, I see the positives things you’ve done as well, however, you might want to let Kanye be out on his own in this case.” (“Hot 97 Morning Show”)

A few days ago, Farrakhan said, Kanye should not be at fault for claiming the Jewish community controlled a large portion of the entertainment industry.

“Now the ADL has jumped on Kanye West because he said, ‘Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people. Black people don’t have the same connection as oil people.’ Quote.” Farrakhan said in a video. “Did he lie? No. He told the truth and the ADL, Mr. Foxman, issued a press release on the second day of December 2013. And this executive director said, ‘If the comments are true as reported, this is classic anti-Semitism. There is goes again, the age old canard that Jews are all-powerful.’ No, you’re not all-powerful but you certainly are powerful and you control the levers of government. You don’t want to admit it but as a celebrity, you’re telling Kanye West he should know better, he ‘does’ know better and that’s why he said what he said. Then you said to him, ‘We hope that he woudl take responsibility for his words, understand why they are son offensive and apologize to those he was offended.'” (“The Final Call”)

According to reports, the Anti-Defamation League demanded a public apology from Kanye earlier this month.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced as “classic anti-Semitism” remarks by the rapper Kanye West, who in a radio interview last week attempted to explain President Obama’s inability to gain momentum on his policy priorities in Washington, D.C. with the outrageous statement that, “Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people.” “If the comments are true as reported, this is classic anti-Semitism,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “There it goes again, the age-old canard that Jews are all-powerful and control the levers of power in government. As a celebrity with a wide following, Kanye West should know better. We hope that he will take responsibility for his words, understand why they are so offensive, and apologize to those he has offended.” (ADL)

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