You’re correct about freedom of emotion!

White people love to dictate to us how we should be responding to our oppression, and have a nasty habit of policing Black joy as well. We’re not allowed to simply be happy about something, without them coopting it, or questioning why. We’re never allowed to celebrate our achievements, without some white persons passive- aggressive “what about isms”!

Ive seen several times when Black men want to thank or congratulate black women, someone white will chime in about “all women”. When the movie Black Panther was the hottest thing in Black news you had white people deliberately working hard to spoil any happiness we got out of it ,with their regressive hot takes, and online shenanigans.

WHITE PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE TO SEE US BEING HAPPY WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION!

They want to police our grief, pacify our anger, and eliminate any joy. Apparently, our emotions get to belong to them, too.