A husband and wife attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery in Cheyenne, Wyoming were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a bench looking very exhausted just outside the entry to a tunnel of a huge mine. Two of the guys had black organs, but the one in the middle had a pinkish pen*s.

The black curator of the gallery realised that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his assessment. He went on for nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African-Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society. “In fact,” he pointed out, “some serious critics believe that the pinkish penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society.”

After the curator left, a distinguish old man approached the couple and with an impish twinkle in his eyes said, “Would you like to know what the painting is really about.”

“The curator of the gallery has explained it to us. It’s okey, we don’t need another interpretation?” said the husband.

But the wife is fascinated by the sly smile of the old man. She said, “wait, why would you know more than the curator?”

“Because I’m the guy who painted it,” he replied. “The truth is that those 3 men are not African-Americans,” the man said.

“What are they?”, the now drawn husband asked.

“They’re three young coal-miners. And they’re all white”, answered the old man.

As he turn his back to the baffled couple, he give them a wink, a mischievous grin then added, “the guy in the middle is just back from home after having lunch with his wife.”