Yes it's racist. The Duffers even meant for him to say the n-word, so Billy was definitely supposed to be portrayed as racist.

@WizardWarrior1 what the do you think "certain type of people" means then? He knew NOTHING about Lucas other than his appearance.

Ya’ll, the Duffer brothers confirmed YEARS ago Billy was a racist. It’s clear and cut. He was an awful human.

Yes, his dad influenced him for sure. He was definitely a racist, no doubt. But we can kind of see why.

I don’t think it was racist I think even if it were Dustin, Billy would say stay away from him

Billy didn’t care for people in general besides his strange relationship with Karen

I think he knew before he saw her interacting with Lucas so which is why he told her to stay away

Plus I think Billy just didn’t want Max to have any friends

@Optimusprimebumblebee "Neo Astral-X" 123 so even the writers of the show saying he’s a racist isn’t confirmation? “Certain type of people” WHAT do you think that means? He knew NOTHING about Lucas aside from what he looked like

@Optimusprimebumblebee "Neo Astral-X" 123 nope, he's a racist POS. Any denying it is defending racism

@Jesperfahey13 he specifically targets Lucas at the Byers house.

Sources don't lie, so fair enough. I must have missed Billy's line about certain types of people. I always just assumed he was a plain old jerk to all the boys in general.