Open Question: is he races or prejudice? and did he deserve that?

i remember when i was in high school 2 years ago this guy in my class would make sterotype comments about black people. he would say he does'nt like black girls who have drama and said i only dated one black girl in middle school. then he said i dont like long fingernails they wear or the fur boots. he said there ugly. then one of my new friends from college said he got in a fight with this guy. i forgot to mention the guy i'm talking about is hispanic. so anyways my friend went to the college to take a test and the guy bumped in to friend cursed him and then he saw my friend again and cursed him out somemore and put his hands on him then told my friend who was black in his face saying he does'nt like black people. my friend puched the guy and he told me the guy had a gun and was about to pull it out on the boy. after my friend beat him up he told him to get off of him. he deserved it cuz he was a jerk towards me in high school & other people. his gf has been cheating on him a lot.