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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2013 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Why don't more stations offer English subtitles?

  published June 13, 2013

  Dear Mexican: In Philadelphia, where I live, there are three Spanish-language stations on regular broadcast television. None of them... More >>

• Can you get authentic Mexican food in the U.K.?

  published June 6, 2013

  Dear Readers: The U.K.'s spectacular Guardian newspaper has asked if I could field some questions for their readers as part of... More >>

• Why are Mexican hot dogs called Doyer Dogs?

  published May 30, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I went to a Los Angeles Dodgers game today and noticed that they now have Doyer Dogs, which are disgusting and covered in... More >>

• Where do people buy guns in Mexico?

  published May 23, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I've heard about the Fast and Furious scandal, in which our own ATF was shown to be corrupt and... More >>

• Why do people think adding an -o at the end makes it Spanish?

  published May 16, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come... More >>

• Why are people from Chihuahua and Monterrey such jerks?

  published May 9, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They come from pinches ranchitos and talk... More >>

• Why don't you tell all your readers to learn English?

  published May 2, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Although I'm familiar with your column, I don't read it regularly. But today I was struck by something you said recently.... More >>

• Where can I learn more about ranchera music?

  published April 25, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I have always liked ranchera music. As of late, I have wanted to get deeper into it as far as the history, the culture and... More >>

• How did tamarind become so popular?

  published April 18, 2013

  Dear Mexican: What do we need to do to make the güeros understand that we come in peace? As Mexicans, we are from this great... More >>

• How do I convince my Mexican father that times have changed?

  published April 11, 2013

  Dear Mexican: We're in state testing this week at the high school where I teach. After the students finish a section, they can only sit... More >>

• Why do so many chicanas skip school to babysit?

  published April 4, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Please explain to me why so many mexicanas seem to think it more important to stay home and baby-sit than to attend... More >>

• How can I help my son keep his gabacho roots?

  published March 28, 2013

  Dear Mexican: About six years ago, my wife and I adopted a little baby boy. He is "pure" mestizo and we are complete wabs. I'm a little... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: What do the words on this T-shirt mean?

  published March 21, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I'm living in Mexico part of the year. I'm learning Spanish, but I can't say I understand or speak it well. I read several... More >>

• Why do Mexicans crush on Lindsay Lohan?

  published March 14, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I would be most interested in hearing your point of view regarding our raza always voting for someone with a Latino... More >>

• The guayabera says something about its owner

  published March 7, 2013

  Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently dealing with deportation issues but will return next week once he builds his fifteen-foot... More >>

• Why aren't legal immigrants angrier about the illegal ones?

  published February 28, 2013

  Dear Mexican: You mentioned in the past that your dad is against illegal immigration, but that's a voice you never hear. Why aren't the... More >>

• How do I maximize my burrito-eating skills?

  published February 21, 2013

  Dear Mexican: In the past, you have defended illegal immigrants by arguing that they (paraphrasing one of your previous columns) will do... More >>

• Why do Mexican use streets as their playgrounds?

  published February 14, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I'm 39. My stepdad — who raised me — just died. This freed my mother to tell me (Stepdad always forbade it)... More >>

• Are Cubans just Mexicans with connections?

  published February 7, 2013

  Dear Mexican: The pinche Republicans are making a gigante ruido about their "Hispanic" senators in Congress.... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why do Univision and Telemundo look so much better than the other channels?

  published January 31, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Grammar question/rant. If Spanglish is a legitimate dialect/language, why do you feel the need to italicize every instance... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Whatever happened to Jonny Chingas?

  published January 24, 2013

  Dear Mexican: In 1983 or 1984, I was walking home down Haight Street in San Francisco one evening and stopped into Watusi Records to... More >>

• Why do immigrants have better lives than me?

  published January 17, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Can you please tell me something? How do you think it's fair that all the people who come to our country and stay get... More >>

• Is the American Dream over?

  published January 10, 2013

  Dear Mexican: What is it about Mexicans and collecting old cars? I have three Mexican neighbors with middle-class incomes, but in each... More >>