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 - 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"

• 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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2012 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Special Year-End Edition: How Can I Get My Mexican Neighbor to Turn His Music Down?

  published December 27, 2012

  Dear Mexican, Longtime reader, first-time writer. I need some advice. My wife (who's a half-Mexican L.A. native, just so you... More >>

• Special Navidad Edition: Why Do Mexicans Return to Mexico for Christmas?

  published December 20, 2012

  ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Gustavo Arellano Dear Mexican, Many of my friends think I'm... More >>

• Special Navidad Gift Guide Edition

  published December 13, 2012

  Dear Readers, Behold your favorite Mexican's annual Christmas gift guide, where I give shout-outs to some of my favorite books that... More >>

• Special Pocho Edition: Is It Ethical to Haggle Vendors in Mexico?

  published December 6, 2012

  Dear Mexican, Why is it that many Mexican women hate on me for having an Asian (Korean to be exact)... More >>

• What Does "Wey" Mean?

  published November 29, 2012

  Dear Mexican, In President Bush's State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest worker program. What is your... More >>

• What Do Mexicans Think of the Film Machete?

  published November 22, 2012

  Dear Mexican, I have a problem I need your advice on. My granddaughters were born and raised in Georgia, as was their father.... More >>

• Special Texas Edición: Why do Mexicans Love Ska?

  published November 15, 2012

  Dear Mexican, Lately, I've noticed a few bands, como Voodoo Glow Skulls, have embraced ska music... More >>

• Special Texas Edicion: Are There Any Mexican Virgins Who Wait Until Marriage?

  published November 8, 2012

  Dear Mexican, When are the racial minorities going to give up la causa? We have a black man... More >>

• Should I Go to Spain to Learn Spanish?

  published November 1, 2012

  Dear Mexican, After a year in Spain, I speak more-than-decent Spanish, and I want to get a job in the nonprofit field where I... More >>

• Where Do Mexican Gardeners Throw Away Their Clippings?

  published October 25, 2012

  Dear Mexican, Why is it that every Mexican I know refuses to eat chocolate? My in-laws drink things I wouldn't clean my... More >>

• Why Won't My Mexican Mom Accept My Gabacha Girlfriend?

  published October 18, 2012

  Dear Mexican, As a college educated Mexican-American, I had my fair share of Chicanas in college...all of whom my... More >>

• Special Best Of Best Of Edition

  published October 11, 2012

  Dear Readers, The Mexican must take the week off because his home paper is publishing its annual Best Of issue — if the devil... More >>

• Why Do Chicanos Love the Aztecs?

  published October 4, 2012

  Why do so many Chicanos claim to be Aztec? Chicano stuck in leavenworth Dear Gabacho, You're right.... More >>

• Can I Demand My Day Laborer Work Better?

  published September 27, 2012

  Dear Mexican, Hey mojado: since when do you think it's okay to fuck up the facts of your... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Boycott Columbus Day?

  published September 20, 2012

  Dear Mexican, Why do gabachos always feel the need to talk about money or trips they have taken? I... More >>

• Does Calling a Mexican "Hispanic" or "Latino" Say Something about Your Political Ideology?

  published September 13, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Is it just me, or has what to call our friends from south of the border become a  partisan  issue? While taking in both... More >>

• Isn't DACA Just a Ruse to Identify and Deport DREAM Act Students?

  published September 6, 2012

  Dear Mexican: One of your readers wrote a question about "DREAMers," and I have a thought on the subject. This is not a... More >>

• Flags and Cycles

  published August 30, 2012

  Dear Mexican, What is the reason for the colors of the Mexican flag? Is there any razón it... More >>

• Intellectual Caca and DREAMers

  published August 23, 2012

  Dear Mexican, I was in a taco shop in the bathroom stall and saw your racist dribble in La Prensa San Diego... More >>

• Special Best Of Edition: Why Do Mexicans Put Stickers Honoring the Dead on Their Car Windows?

  published August 16, 2012

  Dear Readers, The Mexican is currently smuggling mescal out of Oaxaca and into hipster bars nationwide, and thus gives you two... More >>

• Special Best Of Edition

  published August 9, 2012

  Dear Mexican: So often when we see Mexican bands perform in the U.S. and Mexico, the crowd at some point starts chanting... More >>

• Complaints and the Media

  published August 2, 2012

  Dear Mexican, I'm s Mexican-American high school student, and just as patriotic as the Joneses who live next to me. In my... More >>

• Illegal Americans and Urban Legends

  published July 26, 2012

  Dear Mexican, I know I might sound like a gabacho borracho, but I'm really just a gringo trying to make... More >>

• Indigenous Artifacts and Tight Pants

  published July 19, 2012

  Dear Mexican, I was wondering about the Spanish going into Mexico and taking the gold and artifacts away from the Indians.... More >>

• The Undocumented and Chivalry

  published July 12, 2012

  Dear Mexican, Magdalena has worked for me many years — 15, to be exact. She came over as a mojada... More >>