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Doesn't it? Does it make it less likely that you'll give Hitler a job? Even one that he might be very good at?
Okay, Hitler's not a very good example - he's dead, and that makes him pretty bad at most jobs. Am I biased against dead people?
I think so.
You are biased against a person only if you devalue her too much, compared to the extent that you should. You are biased against Hitler if you e.g. are expected to systematically don't give him a job that you should've given. You determine what you should've done by considering the real consequences of your decision and carefully valuing them, as opposed to taking the whole problem "at a glance".