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 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "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

More

2009 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• A Rosita by any other name...

  published July 9, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why is it that ever since the U.S./California let you people immigrate, tunnel, weasel or whatever into this country,... More >>

• Why do so many Mexicans love black culture?

  published July 2, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Looking back recently on my distant youth in northwest Ohio, I came to the realization that the sweetest, most beautiful... More >>

• Por que do you deny your Mexican heritage, Senor Disney?

  published June 25, 2009

  Dear Mexican: You once asked why Mexican bands don't hit it big in the good old U.S. of A. I think the simple answer is that there are... More >>

• A look at those who've crossed over

  published June 18, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I write to you with a doubt similar to the one that Incensed in Chicago felt a couple of weeks ago, when her friend... More >>

• Survey says: Domestic violence doesn't play favorites

  published June 11, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I was riding the local light rail when two female Mexicans sat down and started talking rapid-fire Spanish non-stop for 45... More >>

• The Mexican is always packing heat

  published June 4, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I am a Chicano in Connecticut. I moved from Arizona to the East Coast for my dream job. I have to admit that I'm still... More >>

• As long as there are drug wars, doctors and lawyers will be in demand in Mexico

  published May 28, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Can you please confirm the fact that there are doctors, lawyers and other professionals living in Mexico? I'm... More >>

• Argh! Did Mexican pirates all walk the plank?

  published May 21, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My wife and I have an argument going about pirates. And since you are the source for all things Mexican, I'd thought I'd... More >>

• Wherefore art thou, Old Mexico?

  published May 14, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My wife is from Michoacán state. We've bought a home in the small town of her birth. I love everything about the... More >>

• Swine flu has got Know Nothings at a fever pitch

  published May 7, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Is it true that most Mexicans are carriers of the swine flu due to the fact they eat a lot of chicharrones, or is... More >>

• Request these songs while you drinko por Cinco

  published April 30, 2009

  Dear Readers: As you drinko por Cinco on May 5, please hold on to this column listing songs that mariachis will gladly play... More >>

• There's more Lebanese sangre in Mexico than you might think

  published April 23, 2009

  Dear Mexican: First of all, please don't think that I'm a self-loathing Mexican; I was born in the U.S. to northern Mexican parents. As... More >>

• Who says Mexicans have to eat Mexican food?

  published April 16, 2009

  Dear Mexican: In an earlier column, you mentioned that conservatives can't have an argument against illegal immigration without it... More >>

• Word of the week: Caramba!

  published April 9, 2009

  Dear Mexican: For as long as I can remember, Mexicans were known for doing three things: Drinking lots of cerveza, having lots of... More >>

• How to navigate those pesky mariachis

  published April 2, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why are Mexicans so proud of the brutality of their police force? They seem to glamorize it in all their music and... More >>

• It's the Mexican's time of the month, and he's going with the flow

  published March 19, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why is it that when I go to the Mexican supermarkets to buy productos femeninas, fully 98 percent of the aisle... More >>

• Pink underwear in the pen

  published March 12, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Not sure if this has been asked before, but how do you feel about Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio? I think the guy's a... More >>

• The meaning of this curse word is all over the map

  published March 5, 2009

  Dear Readers: Many of ustedes offered alternate meanings to the Mexican Spanish vulgarity pinche, beyond "cooking... More >>

• There's no law against the word "illegal"

  published February 26, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I believe that the words people use to describe other people, intentionally or unintentionally, reflect their political... More >>

• Shame and denial cross all borders

  published February 19, 2009

  Dear Mexican: What is the deal with Mexican denial when it comes to dealing with child sexual abuse? I know counselors who tell me that... More >>

• There's a bit of truth in every stereotype

  published February 12, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I have a question from one Mexican to another: Why do gabachos think we know everything about plants? During... More >>

• The War on Drugs: We demand, they supply

  published February 5, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I can't tell you how disappointed I've been these past few days, as a U.S. citizen and ciudadano mexicano, seeing... More >>

• There auto be a law against Mexicans warming up their cars

  published January 29, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I am a naturalized (legal) hispano in the U.S., and I just realized what the "illegal" craze is about. What... More >>

• The Mexican's got a beef with thick steaks

  published January 22, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Mi hermano y yo tenemos un dispute. We all know that Mexicans love their bistec sliced muy... More >>

• What is the fascination with Cesar Chavez?

  published January 15, 2009

  Dear Mexican: What is it with Cesar Chavez? Recently in Dallas, we've gone through three attempts to name streets after Mr. Chavez. In... More >>