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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2009 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• 2009 was a tough year for the economy, newspapers and Mexicans

  published December 31, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why in the hell does everything have to be in English and Spanish? I ride the bus/train to work (not because I must, but... More >>

• Mexican poetry and social analysis — seriously!

  published December 24, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Can you recommend a solid, accessible history of California and Arizona so I can learn what really happened when the... More >>

• Asia like it: Can I date a Mexican?

  published December 17, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I'm an Asian female, and for some time now, I've been fascinated by the Mexican culture. I find Mexican males to be very... More >>

• Like a Virgin of Guadalupe, dissed for the very first time

  published December 10, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As a Chicano/Mexican, I have lost my faith in God. While they take pride in their country like everyone else and like to... More >>

• Call the wrong person a guey, and you'll get a kick in yours

  published December 3, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I used to frequent a cantina in Chicago where half of the bar was Polack, the other half beaner. The Polacks would speak... More >>

• Who'd want to live in Mexico when you can live in Denver?

  published November 26, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why do white Americans buy into this Reconquista bullshit? I believe that these babosos talk about it more than... More >>

• Red alert! Why do older Mexican women cut and dye their hair?

  published November 19, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why, oh, why do most Mexican women cut their long black hair after reaching the pivotal age of forty? Not only do they cut... More >>

• Mexican women are spicy — but are they hot, too?

  published November 12, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Whenever I see an ad for a Mexican ramera, they always describe themselves as "spicy." Are Mexican women hiding... More >>

• Run, don't walk, to bastadobbs.com

  published November 5, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white people and act like they're not there, or when you're... More >>

• Note to Salvis: Can't we all just get along?

  published October 29, 2009

  Dear Mexican: For most of my life, I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the... More >>

• A lesson in Latino dropout rates

  published October 22, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As a teacher, we've been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the achievement gap between majority and minority... More >>

• This gabacho's on a collision course with the facts about uninsured drivers

  published October 15, 2009

  Dear Mexican: An uninsured wetback just hit my car and totaled his. He had no insurance and no license, but he did have a nice cell... More >>

• Gabachos are clueless when it comes to Mexican Heritage Month

  published October 8, 2009

  Dear Readers: Since the Mexican's sister is getting married to a good man from Zacatecas this weekend, I must go slaughter a pig and... More >>

• Checking in with our neighbors to the north

  published October 1, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As a Mexican-American, I've lived in St. Louis for about seventeen years and have seen a substantial influx of my... More >>

• Is Garfield offensive to Mexicans?

  published September 24, 2009

  Dear Mexican: In "Garfield" strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier this year, Garfield is wearing a sombrero and taking... More >>

• What will La Reconquista look like?

  published September 17, 2009

  Dear Mexican: We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it's a genuine movement, well under way.... More >>

• Get ready for Mexican Independence Day

  published September 10, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans make the sign of mucho dinero with a gap between their thumb and index fingers, as if holding an... More >>

• The Mexican advises against rushing to the altar

  published September 3, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I am a 22-year-old Mexican-American woman, still living with my parents but going to college, working... More >>

• The Mexican: You ask, he answers

  published August 27, 2009

  Dear Mexican: A gabacho in the local daily suggested that some of our prisons be outsourced to Mexico to save us some money. What... More >>

• Verily, we ask: What would Jesus do?

  published August 20, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My family hasn't been long in this country, came here because of lousy treatment by other Europeans, and didn't live close... More >>

• An ex-teacher has the huevos to confront the Mexican about his cojones column

  published August 13, 2009

  Dear Readers: We begin, as we do each week, with cojones, although the huevos in question deal with my column a couple of... More >>

• Who will dominate on August 12 — the U.S. or Mexico?

  published August 6, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why does El Tri act like pendejos every time the U.S. men's national soccer team kicks its ass? They won't even... More >>

• Why are Mexican porta-potties so graphic?

  published July 30, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans at construction sites always draw a dick and vagina on the interiors of porta-potties? They sure are not... More >>

• Weighing Sonia Sotomayor's Latina cred

  published July 23, 2009

  Dear Mexican: The mainstream media is making a big noise over Sonia Sotomayor likely being the first Latina Supreme Court justice, and... More >>

• For a Mexican, better late than never

  published July 16, 2009

  Dear Mexican: How can I get Mexicans to arrive at a meeting ON TIME? Punctual Pete Dear Gabacho: Tell them... More >>