Jeffrey Zeldman Quotes

I've used Twitter now and again to try to figure something out; it's an amazing resource. But I think you have to use it judiciously: it's a self-selected group, so it's important not to start thinking of it as the whole world.

A lot of white men in the music industry are promoting and participating in black culture in a way that is pretty careless. They want the currency of blackness, but they don't want the brunt that comes along with that.

White people have always slipped in and out of the experiences of people of color and been praised extravagantly for it.

I know what Twitter is; I don't use it. I don't use Facebook, so luckily, it does zero to my ego.

You are the antithesis of a racist if you're white and you want to be black and you go out and do everything you can to identify as black, how in the world can they condemn that? That's not fraud. That's good intentions. And as we know, as we've learned, we are supposed to examine the good intentions and not the nature of the evidence.

Somebody was, like, what's your favorite thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter. And they're like what's the worst thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter.

Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.

The younger generation has embraced Twitter and Facebook massively, and they spend most of their time on there. So if I want to reach new fans or keep in touch with my current, I try to use Twitter and Facebook as much as possible.

I still blog, but I do think blogging will become obsolete, as there are more ways of interacting on the Web with low barriers to entry for people to engage and participate.

Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.

If you are a black athlete, celebrity or media personality living, socializing, working, studying or dating in the white community, the easiest way to stop Twitter trolls from spamming your social media with accusations of race betrayal is to celebrate BLM. If you’re an educated, nerdy, proper-speaking black person who has been chastised for “acting white” by your black peers, supporting BLM salvages your black image.

I enjoy social media so much, and I love, love, love Twitter.

I was one of the first early Twitter users from the film fraternity. And back then in 2009, I thought I was going to enter a world where people liked me, knew me, knew my work - it was going to be fine! All about the love, not the hate. And it was. At first.

I do everything through Twitter, YouTube or the Internet somehow.

I can't wait to see little white kids dressing up as Black Panther.

When I'm on Twitter, we just talk to people. I call all my Twitter followers my 'Twitter babies.'

I'm tired of having to consult a group of old white guys about my black girl craft. They don't even know what they're listening for or to.

He musta thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?

Twitter is unspeakably irritating. Twitter stands for everything I oppose.

I love everything black, because black is cool. When something crosses over, people are like, "Oh, this is a crossover." First of all, there is no urban anymore. Pop culture is black. White kids are dressing like black kids. It's all crossed the lines now. The way I understand it is, everything black is cool. When it crosses over to white, that means it's going from cool to uncool. That's what crossover is.

Believe it or not, Twitter calms me down. I enjoy interacting with people.

We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.

While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white people do not feel that this pleasure should be linked to unlearning racism.

I used to think Twitter was a waste of time and sort of ran counter to my ability to be productive and to write and now Twitter feels like a really cool part of the creative experience.

If white privilege is a thing, why are people working so hard to be black? All of the award shows and cultural events favor black culture.