http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-downtown-la-trump-protests-20161109-htmlstory.html

This week’s assignments were very interesting but there was one that really stuck out to me. This assignment was the NPR interview with Rubén Martínez. During the interview, Martínez talks about the resistance of people during the L.A. Riots. This relates to an article I read in The Los Angeles Times called “Anti-Trump Protest continue for second day in California following a night of vandalism and arrest” by Joseph Serna. The article focuses on the protest that have happened due to the election of Donald Trump. This article relates to the interview because Martínez talks about how the L.A. Riots served as a method of resistance. This is similar to the protest that are brought up in the articles. The people of Los Angeles are protesting to resist the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. The article paints these protest as a bit negative. This is similar to the way the L.A. Riots are seen by a lot of people. However, both the protest and the L.A. Riots show that the people have the ability to resist. The people have the right to fight against what they feel is oppressing them. Sometimes it comes off as negative but sometimes protest and riots are the only way a message of resistance can be expressed. Martínez described the L.A. Riots as a method of resistance which is similar to use of protest by those in Los Angeles to resist the oppressive government.