my ex fiancee was black and as dark as a piece of mahogany, and when i first started meeting her family i was overly cautious etc and not wanting to offend etc. refering to the family as afro carribean etc. they thought it was hilarious, they were very much say it how you see it types of people. and so were most of their friends and family. they saw the funny sides of things. but like anyone wouldn't put up with personal attacks, verbal or phsyical.
i once had a fellow student ask me on a bus how i could date "someone" like that, and didn't i feel dirty, among other comments.
i smiled and told him if he talked about my girlfiend like that again i'd cave his face in. he looked really perplexed and couldn't believe he'd offended me. suppose it was just his up bringing, his dad was very racist.
people are to over sensitive these days, and scared of offending everyone and anyone.
that was just a crap joke executed badly. if they'd done it and made black jokes etc and been offensive to black people then take them out side and flog them. but it wasn't.