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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2010 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Special Year-End, Mexicans-Do-Assimilate Edition

  published December 30, 2010

  Dear Readers, Wish I could say I was back on the rancho, but you know how that drug war of ours (both Mexican and American) is... More >>

• Special Navidad Edition

  published December 23, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I live in a moderately fancy-ass suburb of Dallas, am super-white and make decent money. Naturally, I have a... More >>

• Third World

  published December 16, 2010

  Dear Mexican, Someone wrote you a while back wondering why Mexicans have made a mess of their beautiful country. You got all... More >>

• Don't Feel Turbulence

  published December 9, 2010

  Dear Mexican, Why can AeroMexico Airlines fly through any kind of weather conditions to get to and from the United States, but... More >>

• What's the deal with pinatas?

  published December 2, 2010

  ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican, This güero downloaded the Arizona S.B. 1070 bill, did a... More >>

• The Mexican Debated Tom Tancredo, and No Chingazos Were Thrown!

  published November 25, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I am a mutt. My father's father was an illegal immigrant from Mexico. My mother's father was an illegal immigrant... More >>

• Latin Roots and Superiority Games

  published November 18, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I'm thinking of moving to Mexico. I'm a first-generation mexicano. Speaking with my parents... More >>

• Why the Tears?

  published November 11, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I've been hired to find out why some clothes are not being returned to patients at a nursing home in Newport... More >>

• Do Mexicans Think It's Weird for Gabachos to Do Their Own Yardwork?

  published November 4, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I'm totally serious about my email, so please forgive me if my question sounds ridiculous. I also mean no... More >>

• Dual Citizenship and Loving the Gold

  published October 28, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I was a history major at the University of Arizona in Tucson, which I believe was part of the Gadsden Purchase,... More >>

• Racists, Driving While Mexican and Used-Tire Shops

  published October 21, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I'm not the type to let things slide when I see something that strikes me as ignorant, no matter who it is. When... More >>

• SPECIAL BEST-OF EDITION

  published October 14, 2010

  Dear Mexican, What is it with the Mexican hangup on body parts? When General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was struck by a... More >>

• Special Gracias Edition

  published October 7, 2010

  Dear Mexican: Mexico is truly an amazing, beautiful country! Huge oil reserves, mineral deposits second to none, tourist potential... More >>

• SPECIAL DREAM EDITION

  published September 30, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I understand NYC isn't your jurisdiction, but maybe you have some insight, or maybe this is also a problem for... More >>

• Crime, Punishment and Zack de la Rocha

  published September 23, 2010

  Dear Mexican, What punishment could America give that would FINALLY make crossing America's borders — repeatedly —... More >>

• Workplace speech and Aztec ancestors

  published September 16, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I work at a large hotel in Orange County, California, where 80 percent of the employees are Latin American,... More >>

• Special Mexican Independence Day Edition

  published September 9, 2010

  Dear Readers, ¡VIVA MÉXICO, CABRONES! Happy 200th cumpleaños to America's favorite country, to the land... More >>

• SPECIAL LABOR DIA EDITION

  published September 2, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I'm a naturalized citizen born in Ciudad Juarez (the most dangerous city in the world, thanks to the drug cartels)... More >>

• The worst of times? Take a hike!

  published August 26, 2010

  Dear Mexican, Oye, I'm a Mexican con un pie aquí y un pie allá, and I have to... More >>

• Wrong on Mormons? Stop Deportation

  published August 19, 2010

  Dear Readers, As you read this, my trusty burro, pigtailed chica and I are crisscrossing Aztlán researching Mexican food. So now is... More >>

• Clever retorts and unloved yaktivists

  published August 12, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I am a retired gringa living in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Most of us foreigners here are liberal and sympathetic... More >>

• SPECIAL COMIDA EDITION

  published August 5, 2010

  Dear Mexican, As a proud New Yorker, I gotta ask: what the FUCK is up with Mexican food in this city? Sure, we're used to... More >>

• Retro Redux and Words Lost in Translation

  published July 29, 2010

  Dear Mexican, As an old gringo who calls himself a gringo (not a gabacho), I study Mexican culture and ask... More >>

• Mexicans, Mormonism and the "Texans" of Mexico

  published July 22, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I heard Mormonism is a quickly spreading religion down in ye olde Mexico. What is it about this religion that a... More >>

• Respect and Statistics

  published July 15, 2010

  Dear Mexican, Most Mexicans I know (myself included) feel it's a terrible disrespect to keep old photos around of you and your... More >>