This document discusses how affect and emotions shape digital public discourses around concepts like civility and incivility. It analyzes case studies involving academics like Saida Grundy and Melissa Click, noting how women of color are often deemed "toxic" for challenging predominantly white communities. It explores how whiteness is constructed not just by skin color but through power relations and affective economies. Negative emotions like hate and toxicity are shown to bind white communities together and position them as victims rather than aggressors, even when challenging oppression.