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SameDiff Comparison: Trump, Obama, and the Ku Klux Klan

Ahmed, Ozakh
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Haley, Sydnee N.
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Ahmed, Ozakh
Haley, Sydnee N.
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Newman, Jessica (Jess)
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Memphis (Tenn.), Student research, Crossroads to Freedom, Digital Preservation and Scholarship, Fellowships, Brownsville (Tenn.), Class of 2017, Class of 2020, 2017 Summer, Civil rights
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A SameDiff Comparison.pdf
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Using a public poll and SameDiff, a word analysis tool, we attempted to determine similarities and differences between modern day right-wing political text and 20th century Ku Klux Klan text. First, we gauged public perception of the similarities of these texts. Next, we used a data analysis tool in order to look specifically at word usage and patterns. Our findings suggest that KKK speech narratives were more similar to right-wing text or text from President Trump's 2017 inaugural speech as opposed to President Obama's 2009 inaugural speech. Further research should take a more thematic approach by using a database such as NVIVO in order to determine similarities and differences in each time period's narrative. https://databasic.io/en/samediff/
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Presentation by Ozakh Ahmed ('17) and Sydnee Haley ('20) delivered at the Digital Preservation and Scholarship Summer symposium.