Individualistic fallacy is one among the five fallacies people should avoid when they think about racial denomination. According to Desmond and Emirbayer, it is an <u>individualistic fallacy</u> to think of racism as being only about ideas and prejudices.
In this fallacy, racism is seen as something that emerges from ideas and prejudices. People with this fallacy think that racism is the collection of hateful and prejudiced thoughts that racist individuals have for other groups of people. However, people with this fallacy does not consider the intentionality of a racial act. They think all racial acts are hateful and nasty.
Therefore, Desmond and Emirbayer try to establish that racism is not only about intentional thoughts and actions but it also includes unintentional thoughts and habits that social institutions have implanted.
