I think Russell is just a practical racist, racism is a great way to alleviate an inferiority complex. Woman likes a successful black man over him? She's obviously just into stupid thugs who treat them like shit, never mind the man's obvious greater success in life.
Oh, definitely. Racist comments are a convenient way for him to feel like he's better than a "saggy-pants thug" (translation: black dude) or "bad hombre" (translation: hispanic dude). But he does the same
exact thing whenever a 9 or 10 is dating a white dude; he drops the racist language, but the message is always the same. When it's a white dude, he's an asshole, he's abusive, he's shallow, what could she possibly see in him, she's just dating him for his daddy's money, etc. etc. etc.
Russhole is better than
everyone. He's the real deal. Once they stop dating those princes, and give the pauper a fair shot, they'll realize how much they were missing by dating Those Assholes and living the shallow life of money, fame, and privilege instead of a genuine, honest Nice Guy.
I actually left out a small but important class of people who he hates: Losers. He's way too narcissistic to associate with losers. This is why "Eugene" was intolerable to Russ, even though he idolized Russ. This is also why I'm certain Trump (who's quite the narcissist himself) would
never associate with Russ, at least not if he knew enough about Russ to see what a pathetic loser he is.