I was in the library and a black man asked where the colour printer was, I replied, 'It's 2018 mate, you can use whatever printer you want.'
Hahaha, that is pretty funny. But some others might not think it's funny at all. To each their own.
Racial segregation is a thing of the past. Go to any big city and you will see that there are no differences but we are people who like to joke a lot and make fun of everything, including ourselves.
Its good to be that way with humor, too much emphases is made on every little comment no matter what or who it is about. If we can laugh at ourselves then we will have finally accepted ourselves too.
I still don't really get it.
It will be fine, he won't take it too badly. It probably looks worse to him on you than it does on him.