The works which form part of the 'The Cry of a Continent' series -- including the painting which refers to the 'Portrait of Juan de Pareja' by Velasquez -- address socio-political themes to a greater degree than any others.
However, these paintings are not commentaries on a given situation, but rather, are emotive transpositions of the artist's feelings about life.

Inspired by a portrait painted by Velazquez in 1650 of his mixed-race assistant, on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.