On November 26, Kanye West did a radio interview with New York station Power 105, in which he made comments contrasting President Obama and George Bush. At one point, he described his belief that Obama has fewer "connections":

Man, let me tell you something about George Bush and oil money and Obama and no money. 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 connections as oil people.

As MTV reports, the statement has been called anti-Semitic by the Anti-Defamation League, who have asked that Kanye apologize. The organization's national director Abraham H. Foxman took to their website Monday to offer a statement:

This is classic anti-Semitism. 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.

The headline noted that his comment was "fueling classic anti-Semitic stereotype".

In the same interview, Kanye also said, "We ain't Jewish. We don't got family that got money like that. The rappers became the new family."

Watch the full interview below: