Email Author Gustavo Arellano

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  Ask a Mexican

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 7, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 12-7-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 11-16-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 8-31-06"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 6, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, January 6, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, April 14, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 7, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, October 7, 2005

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2008 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Why do Mexicans Love Elvis, and Why Do White People Love Tans?

  published July 10, 2008

  Dear Mexican, What's the fascination Mexicans have with Elvis? Good Roceando... More >>

• Was Cesar Chavez Really Against Illegal Immigration?

  published July 3, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Whenever I have an immigration debate with my Chicano hermanos who support open borders... More >>

• Mexican Property and Evil Eyes

  published June 26, 2008

  Dear Mexican, What do you think would happen if U.S. citizens could as easily buy land and set up businesses in Mexico as... More >>

• Savage Sports Fans and Mexican Overcrowding

  published June 19, 2008

  Dear Mexican, I recently went to a Los Angeles Dodgers game at Dodgers Stadium. It was good to see the familias... More >>

• Swimming In Denim and Eating Ice Cream

  published June 12, 2008

  Dear Readers, The Mexican has published only one best-of column in his nearly four years living under his cousin's identity in this... More >>

• Extreme Prejudice, Chained Dogs and Mixed Marriages

  published June 5, 2008

  Dear Mexican, First, it was the Native Americans, then it was the blacks, then the Japanese. For a while, Muslims. Now, I... More >>

• Self-Hating Mexican Americans, and Rednecks of All Colors

  published May 29, 2008

  Dear Mexican, I'm a Mexican American, but I always lie and tell people my ancestors were from Spain and immigrated to the... More >>

• Cantinflas and Fence Hoppers

  published May 22, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Why did the Mexican comedian Cantinflas never catch on in Hollywood? I thought he was supposed to usher in the... More >>

• Americans Recording Mexican Songs

  published May 22, 2008

  Mexican artists have recorded English-language songs for decades, but the opposite is rare. American musicians have historically treated Mexican... More >>

• Angry Scots and pidgin tongues

  published May 15, 2008

  Dear Readers, My recent column regarding the dissimilarities between Scots and Mexicans provoked a surprising amount of angry... More >>

• High Speed Chases and Blue Roses

  published May 8, 2008

  Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por... More >>

• Celtic Scots and Hispanic Mexicans

  published May 1, 2008

  Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por favor! Now,... More >>

• ASK A MEXICAN

  published April 24, 2008

  Dear Readers, The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por... More >>

• Press 1 for English

  published April 17, 2008

  Dear Mexican, I work at a Seattle-based company, and our Customer Service Department uses a phone tree system that asks all... More >>

• TAX TIME!

  published April 10, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Sitting on my desk is a levy from the Internal Revenue Service for over $12,000 in unpaid taxes. Turns out some... More >>

• North and South, Red and Brown, Girls and Guns

  published April 3, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Why are indigenous peoples from north of the Rio Grande called redskins and those from south of it called... More >>

• ASK A MEXICAN

  published March 27, 2008

  Dear Mexican, I'm a gay man in his mid-30s who has always loved Mexican men, and this question is not only from my... More >>

• Man to Man, Trying to Become Legal

  published March 20, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Since moving to Aztlán from Boston, I've spent so much time with my next-door neighbor from Mexico City... More >>

• A Mexican Riddle

  published March 13, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Mexicans are angry that the United States might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into... More >>

• Mexican Godparents and Socialism

  published March 6, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans have padrinos for everything? I never understood why. Can you help me... More >>

• Why won't Mexicans vote for a black man?

  published February 28, 2008

  Why won't Mexicans vote for a black man? Hillary Hater Dear Readers, Dozens of ustedes have sent... More >>

• Mexican Problems and the Iberian Peninsula

  published February 21, 2008

  Dear Mexican, Why do you suppose Mexico has such a hard time getting its act together? It has vast natural resources, a good... More >>

• ASK A MEXICAN: Great Illegals and Mexican Movies

  published February 14, 2008

  Dear Mexican, My parents were Greeks who legally immigrated to the United States in 1920. When it became harder for Greeks to... More >>

• Special Sexy Edition

  published February 7, 2008

  Dear Mexican, After working with Mexicans for years, I have noticed that Mexican men have a double standard when it comes to... More >>

• ASK A MEXICAN

  published January 31, 2008

  Dear Readers, Mucho feedback from ustedes re­-garding recent questions about arche­typical Mexican dogs and the... More >>