distance screeching

A feeling when conditions from the past are haunting us and still make noises in our heads, although they seem to be distant. Can apply to historical conditions. Past events influence today’s minds and actions. E.g. our own past, as well as societal, institutional pasts inevitably shape theories and how we look at them. What we teach and learn today is intertwined with our past. Echoes reproduce power structures and reach into the present. The original sound can deform, how it is heard from a distance changes (e.g. become shriller). Although today many look on colonialism more critically, it still shapes institutions, worldviews, actions. It is visible in the books resting in our libraries, in the accessibility of institutions (Decolonising Knowledge: What Is Decolonisation? | Rolando Vázquez Melken 5:24), how history is told by western museums. We must recognize and draw attention to this screeching (e.g. as one can see in the actions Mwazulu Diyabanza does in Museums (Gimlet)). We need to question who owns, who tells stories, defines, has power, whose voices are being heard? To decolonize we must recognize that power structures are still active. We must question the sounds from the past without denying they exist, but by reshaping how we perceive them and making sure they are not repeated, by making sure they are not echoes.

Sources:
Decolonising Knowledge: What Is Decolonisation? Rolando Vázquez Melken. 2021.
Gimlet. I Want To Report A Theft.

“I still have a distance screeching.”

“I think you got distance screeching.”

“These theories are distance screeched. *”

*However, colonial power structures should be labeled as such as clear as possible. The proposed term should be seen more as an additional visualization.

by l;;;; December 10, 2023

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Screech

Something your sister does everyday

Sister: *Screeches*
Person(you): *eardrums collapse*

by SolivagantSonder March 17, 2024

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Screech

Perhaps the most obnoxious little bastard to ever exist in a Roblox game.

Screech refers to an entity/monster in the hit Roblox game 'Doors'. It is a small black inky piece of s**t who likes to sneak up on you in dark rooms. It hides in the f****ng corner of your screen or behind you. Then, it lets out the smallest little 'psst', which leaves you to go stare it down. If you don't do this, they immediately start draining your health like the little swines they are.

The entity Screech is just a motherf****ng jerk. Once a dark room appears he'll try to murder you every f****ng time. For example, when in a room containing locked doors and a big basement, they just gang bang you immediately until you're dead. Screw these assholes.

Random Ass Roblox Doors Player: "Screech is such a piece of s**t. I died in a dark room with him."

Another Roblox Doors Player: "I agree. Next time, I'm bringing out the crucifix."

by secretdude. January 31, 2023

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screech reach

When an actor / actress can't reach the same level of success portraying a role as an adult that they achieved as a child.

Dusin Diamond (Screech) serves as the example for fellow childhood actors / actresses, such as Gary Coleman, Emmanuel Lewis, Soleil Moon Frye, The Olsen Twins, and Jaleel White, of those who will always suffer from screech reach.

by Arnie Grape February 25, 2021

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