Something so simple

I was sent this today and had to share. This really cracks me up at how something so simple can be made to be so hate filled.

[Interpreting Irish Art....


At the National Art Gallery in Dublin, a husband and wife were
staring at a portrait that had them completely confused. The
painting depicted 3 black men totally naked, sitting on a park
bench. Two of the figures had black willies, but the one in the
middle had a pink penis.

The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble
interpreting the painting and offered his personal assessment. He
went on for over 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 pink penis also reflects the cultural and
sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary
society".

After the curator left, an Irishman approached the couple and said,
"Would you like to know what the painting is really about?"

"Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of
the gallery?"asked the couple.

"Because I'm the guy who painted the picture," he replied. "In fact,
there are no African Americans depicted at all. They're just
three Irish coal miners.

The guy in the middle went home for lunch."]

Seriously, did you not just laugh? That totally cracked me up yet saddened me all at the same time. How messed up is our society? I'm sure I mean that as a rhetorical question, right?