He was, and although it may have been a minor factor in the equation it wasn't the main one. The key ingredient was the fusion of sexual desire and violence as it is for so many of these serial killers. He showed an interest in the insides of animals, skeletons, etc. as a child, and whatever happens to the brain during puberty to create certain preferences, it melded these things together.
Also, the need for control. He took no joy in the actual killings - his whole schtick was to have complete control of his victims, and to have them be a permanent "part of him" afterwards. He would usually quickly kill them while they were passed out... until he started to perform zombie experiments of course.
You paint a picture like he's some closeted man who was killing homosexuals in a repressed rage, when that really wasn't what was going on. It had many more deeper, fucked up layers to it. Also, Jeffrey came completely clean in his confessions and interviews - he had no reason to lie about a racial motivation, and he specifically said he was only looking for the most attractive men. In the area he lived and the places he frequented for victims, I guess they happened to be black (though not all of his victims were, including the first).
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