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In certain cases, it's evil (i.e. there should be an ethical injunction against it) because, due to corrupted mindware, certain people tend to overdo it (e.g., if they know that black people have a lower average IQ than white people, they'll consider a black person significantly stupider than a white person in the same situation even though the evidence race provides about intelligence is likely almost completely screened off by information about what they say, wear, and do).
That's not even the worst possibility-- a racist may resent black people who are smarter than they "ought" to be.
One might argue that that's not even a version of “statistical reasoning” corrupted by cognitive biases, that's just being an asshole.
One might, but it's plausible that being an asshole and having thinking that's corrupted by emotional habits are entangled.
I'd say “It's complicated.” Sometimes making someone less biased will make them more of a asshole.
BTW, I'm curious how Cognitive Reflection Test scores correlate with Big Five personality traits. I'd guess cbfvgvir pbeeryngvba jvgu Bcraarff naq Pbafpvragvbhfarff naq artngvir pbeeryngvba jvgu Arhebgvpvfz, ohg V unir ab vqrn nobhg Rkgebirefvba naq Nterrnoyrarff.
"Being an asshole" is a description of effects, not causes. In this case, the person's assholy behavior might result from being insecure and angry, scapegoating other races for their insecurity and anger, having false beliefs about them, and responding to confusion with denial rather than doubt.