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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2011 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Special Soccer Edicion

  published July 7, 2011

  Dear Readers, Ever since the Mexican national soccer team thrashed the American side, 4-2, in last month's Gold Cup final, Know Nothings... More >>

• Would Mexico Have Been Better Off if the American Southwest Remained Mexico?

  published June 30, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Just suppose that all of the southwestern United States had remained in Mexican hands. Would the Mexicans have... More >>

• Muy Caliente Summer Edition

  published June 23, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I'm wondering how Mexicans feel about the communities of American expats springing up all over Mexico (especially... More >>

• What Happens When a White Dad Disapproves of His Daughter Dating a Mexican?

  published June 16, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I’m a white girl dating a Mexican from Jalisco that works for my dad. There lies the problem. Dad absolutely dislikes... More >>

• Why Did Every Mexican's Great-Grandfather Fight Under Pancho Villa?

  published June 2, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I'm new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing... More >>

• Why Shouldn't Mexicans Speak Proper Spanish?

  published May 26, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I'm a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Bárbara, California; I've also worked in Los Angeles courts. I... More >>

• Is "Brown Pride" the Same as "White Pride"?

  published May 19, 2011

  Dear Mexican, What happened to my friend? She is white (Irish — her only aunt was a Catholic nun!), she grew up in Pico... More >>

• Why Don't Mexicans Want to Learn English?

  published May 12, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I can't help thinking of Mexico as a Tea Party paradise. Mexican taxes are very low. There are few regulations,... More >>

• Can a Gabacho be More Mexican than a Mexican?

  published May 5, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Please settle a dispute. I'm an Anglo living and working in Mexico for years, in Culiacán, Sinaloa (I... More >>

• How Do Mexicans Propose Marriage?

  published April 28, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Why does every Mexican rap/hip-hop song always contain the lyrics, "No paramos," "Nunca paramos" or some other... More >>

• Why Do Mexican Farmworkers Take a Shit in the Fields?

  published April 21, 2011

  Dear Mexican, You seem like a smart guy and your input regarding an ethnic phenomenon I've observed would be of interest. I live... More >>

• Manifest Destiny and Museums

  published April 14, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I grant you a magic wand; now, tell me how do we right the wrongs of Sam Houston and Manifest Destiny? Is it to... More >>

• Fool Me Once

  published April 7, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I'm a blanquita, and I've recently begun dating a CALIENTE mexicano. I... More >>

• SPECIAL APRIL FOOLS' EDICION

  published March 31, 2011

  Dear Readers, Rather than me punk ustedes with a prank, I give you the cruelest joke of all — ex-congressman and eternal Know... More >>

• Ash Wednesday

  published March 24, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I often pick up the Albuquerque Alibi to read your babosadas. Now, let... More >>

• Exactly How Safe Is Juarez?

  published March 17, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Why is it que cada vez that I talk to a Hispanic (not many Mexicans in New York, yet), it... More >>

• The ALL CAPS chicas

  published March 10, 2011

  Dear Mexican, When the Second World War ended, the Germans and Japanese had to return all territories they had acquired by... More >>

• Tortillas with every meal

  published March 3, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I am a mocha-skinned woman with long, curly hair and dark-brown eyes. Puerto Ricans always ask if I am Puerto... More >>

• Why does everything Mexican jump?

  published February 24, 2011

  Dear Mexican, The perception of Mexico having a defective culture has come up in your column several times. It's most important... More >>

• Saying "Hola"?

  published February 17, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I'm a white, rural, ninth-generation Texan who left the farm and is now a lawyer for a large corporation in one of... More >>

• Special Refried Edicion

  published February 10, 2011

  Dear Readers, Although many of you have loved and/or loathed my columna for years, the Mexican still finds new readers every week... More >>

• Mariachi Love

  published February 3, 2011

  Dear Mexican, My gabacho friends look at me askance for being a gabacho who enjoys mariachi music. They,... More >>

• Death and Heritage

  published January 27, 2011

  Dear Mexican, A few years ago, I moved to Tucson. In said city, I noticed that there were little piles of stuff accumulated on... More >>

• Mexican Girls

  published January 20, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I'm not Mexican (or from a Spanish-speaking country for that matter), but I get mad when the... More >>

• Cactus Poaching

  published January 13, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Read your column in the Village Voice and am hoping you can help me: I think I have a Mexican... More >>