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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2010 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Ask a Mexican: The Mexican's favorite assimilation questions

  published December 30, 2010

  Dear Readers: Wish I could say I was back on the rancho, but you know how that drug war of ours (both Mexican and American) is... More >>

• Is it racist to give my Mexican gardener my old stuff?

  published December 23, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I live in a moderately fancy-ass suburb of Dallas, am super-white and make decent money. Naturally, I have a Mexican... More >>

• Reader claims that Mexico has a defective culture

  published December 16, 2010

  Dear Mexican: Someone wrote you a while back wondering why Mexicans have made a mess of their beautiful country. You got all bent out of... More >>

• Why do Mexican teenagers shave their heads?

  published December 9, 2010

  Dear Mexican: Why can AeroMexico Airlines fly through any kind of weather conditions to get to and from the United States, but any kind... More >>

• What's the deal with Mexicans and pinatas?

  published December 2, 2010

  Dear Mexican: This güero downloaded the Arizona SB 1070 bill, did a search on the document for "Mexicans," and did not come... More >>

• Not all Mexicans know how to dance salsa

  published November 25, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I am a mutt. My father's father was an illegal immigrant from Mexico. My mother's father was an illegal immigrant from... More >>

• A pocho's identity crisis and Latin America's superiority complex

  published November 18, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I'm thinking of moving to Mexico. I'm a first-generation mexicano. My parents are absolutely against it, insisting... More >>

• I look like Freddie Prinze Sr. Will I be asked for my papers?

  published November 4, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I'm totally serious about my e-mail, so please forgive me if my question sounds ridiculous. I also mean no insult to... More >>

• Were Mexicans the first to sport gold in their teeth?

  published October 28, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I was a history major at the University of Arizona in Tucson, which I believe was part of the Gadsden Purchase, the last... More >>

• Why do people think it's okay to say racist things as long as they have a Mexican friend?

  published October 21, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I'm not the type to let things slide when I see something that strikes me as ignorant, no matter who it is. When my... More >>

• What is with the Mexican hangup on body parts?

  published October 14, 2010

  Dear Mexican: What is it with the Mexican hangup on body parts? When General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was struck by a cannonball at... More >>

• How can Mexico piss away such potential?

  published October 7, 2010

  Dear Mexican: Mexico is truly an amazing, beautiful country! Huge oil reserves, mineral deposits second to none, tourist potential... More >>

• Do dreams have some sort of religious significance for Mexicans?

  published September 30, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I understand that NYC isn't your jurisdiction, but maybe you have some insight, or maybe this is also a problem for other... More >>

• What would it take for Mexicans to not want to cross the border into America?

  published September 23, 2010

  Dear Mexican: What punishment could America give that would finally make crossing America's borders — repeatedly —... More >>

• Do I have the right to ask my employees to only speak English at work?

  published September 16, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I work at a large hotel in Orange County where 80 percent of the employees are Latin American, primarily Mexican. I love... More >>

• Why are SoCal Mexicans professing hate for African-Americans?

  published September 9, 2010

  Dear Readers: ¡VIVA MÉXICO, CABRONES! Happy 200th cumpleaños to America's favorite country, to the land of... More >>

• I'm a Mexican working for the Border Patrol. Am I a hypocrite?

  published September 2, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I'm a naturalized citizen born in Ciudad Juárez (the most dangerous city in the world, thanks to the drug cartels),... More >>

• Is this one of the worst times ever to be a Mexican?

  published August 26, 2010

  Dear Mexican: Oye, I'm a Mexican con un pie aquí y un pie allá, and I have to admit that it is difficult to... More >>

• How Mormons sold their religion to Mexicans

  published August 19, 2010

  Dear Readers: As you read this, my trusty burro, pigtailed chica and I are crisscrossing Aztlán researching Mexican food. So now... More >>

• How do Mexicans like their coffee?

  published August 12, 2010

  Dear Mexican: As a proud New Yorker, I gotta ask: What the FUCK is up with Mexican food in this city? Sure, we're used to getting owned... More >>

• Why are Hispanic yuppies afraid of the Chicano movement?

  published August 5, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I am a retired gringa living in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Most of us foreigners here are liberal and sympathetic to the... More >>

• Which panocha came first: the sweet pudding or the sweet female body part?

  published July 29, 2010

  Dear Mexican: As an old gringo who calls himself a gringo (not a gabacho), I study Mexican culture and ask myself,... More >>

• Is the number of Mexican Mormons growing?

  published July 22, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I heard Mormonism is a quickly spreading religion down in ye olde Mexico. What is it about this religion that a lot of... More >>

• Ex marks the spat: Dump the pendejo, already

  published July 15, 2010

  Dear Mexican: Most Mexicans I know (myself included) feel it's a terrible disrespect to keep old photos around of you and your ex, and... More >>

• White girls are a royal pain at Fiesta

  published July 8, 2010

  Dear Mexican: I'm a (poor) white girl myself, but I have to ask: What's the deal with all the rich white girls playing such a big role... More >>