Some activists claim that Chappelle’s jokes about anti-Semitism are normalizing a dangerous issue.

Dave Chappelle’s final “Saturday Night Live” monologue is predictably starting to stir controversy, but not for the reasons many expected it to. The comedian has managed to avoid the gender and sexuality issues that often get him in trouble, but his jokes about America’s recent problems with anti-Semitism have sparked some backlash that seems to be growing. Chappelle spent a significant portion of his 15-minute monologue mocking Kanye West and Kyrie Irving for their recent anti-Semitic comments. He began by poking fun at their PR blunders, pointing out that Kanye should have apologized to “buy some time” and joking that the rapper was so anti-Semitic that Irving got in trouble by association. The comedian then explained why he sees anti-Semitism, particularly the idea that Jews collectively run the world, as a flawed ideology. He used examples of anti-Black racism in various parts of America as evidence that having a large amount of people of a particular ethnicity in a given area does not necessarily equate to power.

“I’ve been to Hollywood and that’s exactly what I saw: There are a lot of Jews, like a lot,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean anything. There are a lot of black people in Ferguson, Missouri, but that doesn’t mean we run the place.” The monologue began to attract some criticism on social media on Sunday, with some Jewish leaders and commentators criticizing Chappelle for portraying a serious subject. Some felt that expounding on a racist ideology, even in a comical manner intended to debunk it, served to unnecessarily normalize a toxic way of thinking. Jonathan Greenblatt, the executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, condemned Chappelle’s comments on Twitter. His organization had previously issued official statements condemning West and Irving’s comments, and used its own platform to express dismay that Chappelle was telling jokes about anti-Semitism. “We shouldn’t expect Dave Chappelle to serve as society’s moral compass, but it’s troubling to see ‘SNL’ not just normalizing but popularizing anti-Semitism,” he wrote. “Why are Jewish sensibilities denied or diminished at almost every turn? Why does trauma cause us to applaud?’

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