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Imaginé así el escudo universitario que presenté al Consejo, con la leyenda “Por mi raza hablará el espíritu”, pretendiendo significar que despertábamos de una larga noche de opresión.
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The speaker explains that the university coat of arms carried a motto meant to express awakening after a long period of oppression. “Through my race, the spirit shall speak” presents race as the channel through which a spiritual voice would emerge. The passage describes the intended meaning of the design, not merely its appearance.
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