Aw, who's offended?

A small cruise ship had a mishap and sank. The captain ended up in a small life boat with a British, French and an African American. The lifeboat began taking on water, so the captain decided that after throwing all weight overboard, that one of the passengers has to go overboard. To decide the person to go overboard, he posed a quiz based upon the most notorious maritime disaster, the sinking of the Titanic.
The captain ask the Brit when did the Titanic sink? The Brit responded April 1912. Good, you stay on board. To the frenchman, approximately how many souls were lost? More than 1,500 replied the frenchman...he stayed.

The captain then looked to the African American and said, "name em".