The painting contains the following words and phrases:

Victim as perpetrator; perpetrator as victim; the ambiguities of
prejudice and conflict.

homelands

Black schools, colored schools, Afrikaner schools, White schools, Indian
schools; what did you learn?

social engineering

We endured forced removals, influx control, prejudice and poverty; you
enjoyed freedom, democracy, opportunity and privilege.

ethnic cleansing

There is no moral equivalence between those who use force to maintain an unjust system and those who use force to oppose it.