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

• Girls, Birth Rights and More Girls!

  published July 8, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I'm a (poor) white girl myself, but I have to ask: What's the deal with all the rich white girls playing such a... More >>

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  What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

  published July 8, 2010

  The names of the couples in this story have been changed to protect their identities.If Juan and Juana were going to stage a... More >>

• SPECIAL POETRY EDITION

  published July 1, 2010

  Dear Readers, The Arizona pendejas have emboldened hundreds of Know Nothings in the past week to boast to the Mexican that they're... More >>

• Hate Mail

  published June 24, 2010

  Dear Mexican, Why do the Mexicans HATE American soccer and "hate" (bolded, underlined and italicized) Landon... More >>

• Minutemen and the douche fixation

  published June 17, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I'm a civil rights lawyer. I sue the San Diego Minutemen. Whenever the Minutemen are accused of being racist they... More >>

• Special Summer Edicion

  published June 10, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I worked a summer job during college in southern Arizona during the late 1960s, where most of my co-workers were... More >>

• SPECIAL HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATION EDITION

  published June 3, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I work at a high school where there is a significant number of our students without papers. Two students that I... More >>

• SPECIAL ETHNIC STUDIES EDITION

  published May 27, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I have a sister. I read your column each time it comes out in the Tucson Weekly. Once, we... More >>

• Special Potpourri Edition

  published May 20, 2010

  Dear Readers, Over the past couple of weeks, the Know Nothing nation has invaded my inbox with the question of why can't the United... More >>

• Special Regional Anti-Mexican Slur Edition

  published May 13, 2010

  Dear Readers: I was supposed to deliver this column to ustedes for Cinco de Drinko, but Arizona's reprehensible S.B. 1070 bill had to rear... More >>

• Special Arizona Buycott Edition

  published May 6, 2010

  Dear Readers: All together, now: ¡A LA CHINGADA WITH ARIZONA'S SB1070! For those of ustedes too occupied with the your... More >>

• Dressing Right and Standing Tall?

  published April 29, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I live in a Northeastern city, and a game I play with myself during the cold, wintry months is counting how many... More >>

• "Made in Mexico" and the Border Fence

  published April 22, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I have a friend who frequently wears a T-shirt that boldly states in big, bad-ass, Old English letters, "Hecho en... More >>

• Mexican Women and Spanish Influence

  published April 15, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I've dated a few Mexican girls in the last couple of years and I've come to realize one big, important thing... More >>

• SPECIAL CENSUS EDITION

  published April 8, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I know that Mexicans and pochos can be black, white, Asian, and... More >>

• SPECIAL MINUTEMAN PROJECT EDITION

  published April 1, 2010

  Dear Readers, In honor of April Fools' Day, I turn this column over to Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project movement, to... More >>

• Speedy Gonzales Rides Again?

  published March 25, 2010

  >Dear Mexican, I just read that Speedy Gonzales is getting his own feature film and will be voiced by George Lopez. I read... More >>

• SPECIAL SAN DIEGO EDITION

  published March 18, 2010

  Dear Mexican, By now I'm sure you're aware of all the hate crimes against Hispanics in the last few years. By now I'm sure... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: "Cheddar" and the Doors

  published March 11, 2010

  Dear Mexican, When I was in high school, everyone called the Mexican students like myself "cheddars." I'm not sure where this... More >>

• Bullies and the Name Game

  published March 4, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I'm a pan blanco and my wife is puertorriqueña. Our son looks... More >>

• Labor Woes, ATM Cards and More Slang

  published February 25, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I am a lifelong resident of Arizona and have worked side by side with illegals for 25 years as a... More >>

• Immigration Costs and Deadly Showers

  published February 18, 2010

  Dear Mexican, People talk about the costs of illegal immigration on our society. What about the savings? Has there been any... More >>

• SPECIAL SEXY EDITION

  published February 11, 2010

  Dear Mexican, I've always been attracted to transgendered women since I was about 13. I've noticed, however, that most trannies... More >>

• SPECIAL NARCO EDITION

  published February 4, 2010

  Dear Mexican, How can a formerly proud Latina like myself feel proud to be Mexican again after my beloved relative was murdered... More >>

• SPECIAL TACO BELL EDITION

  published January 28, 2010

  Dear Mexican, Why do so many Mexicans work for Taco Bell and El Pollo Loco? Don't they know they only add a false credence to... More >>