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 - 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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2011 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Why do Mexicans hate Landon Donovan?

  published July 7, 2011

  Dear Readers: Ever since the Mexican national soccer team thrashed the American side 4-2 in last month's Gold Cup final, Know Nothings... More >>

• The Spanish for Adam and other biblical names

  published June 30, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Just suppose that all of the southwestern United States had remained in Mexican hands. Would the Mexicans have done any... More >>

• How do Mexicans feel about Americans moving to Mexico?

  published June 23, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm wondering how Mexicans feel about the communities of American expats springing up all over Mexico (especially those... More >>

• How do I get my dad to handle my dating a Mexican?

  published June 16, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm a white girl dating a Mexican from Jalisco who works for my dad. There lies the problem. Dad absolutely dislikes him... More >>

• How would the Mexican secure the borders?

  published June 9, 2011

  Dear Mexican: There are many who give lip service to border security. You may or may not be one of them. You may be an open-borders... More >>

• Why don't Mexicans spay or neuter their pets?

  published June 2, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing... More >>

• Why not promote the use of proper Spanish?

  published May 26, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Bárbara, California; I've also worked in Los Angeles courts. I just read... More >>

• Where did all the Mexican Jews come from?

  published May 19, 2011

  Dear Mexican: What happened to my friend? She is white (Irish — her only aunt was a Catholic nun!), she grew up in Pico Rivera (so... More >>

• Is Mexico the true home of the Tea Party?

  published May 12, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I can't help thinking of Mexico as a Tea Party paradise. Mexican taxes are very low. There are few regulations, and... More >>

• Who's more Mexican: a gabacho in Culiacan, or a pocho in Denver?

  published May 5, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Please settle a dispute. I'm an Anglo living and working in Mexico for years, in Culiacán, Sinaloa (I married one... More >>

• Do Mexican women propose marriage instead of men?

  published April 28, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Why does every Mexican rap/hip-hop song always contain the lyrics "No paramos," "Nunca paramos," or some... More >>

• Why do Mexican immigrants stay stuck on the bottom rungs of the success ladder?

  published April 21, 2011

  Dear Mexican: You seem like a smart guy, and your input regarding an ethnic phenomenon I've observed would be of interest. I live in a... More >>

• How do we right the wrongs of Sam Houston and Manifest Destiny?

  published April 14, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I grant you a magic wand; now, tell me, how do we right the wrongs of Sam Houston and Manifest Destiny? Is it to correct... More >>

• Why does my Mexican boyfriend wear a necklace with another woman's name?

  published April 7, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm a blanquita, and I've recently begun dating a CALIENTE mexicano. I adore this man.... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Tom Tancredo sits in for a special April Fools' edition

  published March 31, 2011

  Dear Readers: Rather than me punking ustedes with a prank for April Fools' Day, I give you the cruelest joke of all —... More >>

• Not all Mexicans are short and brown

  published March 24, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I often read your babosadas here in New Mexico. Now, let me get this straight: You appear to be a bright guy who... More >>

• Fact and fiction about the mysterious chupacabra

  published March 17, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Why is it que cada vez that I talk to a Hispanic (not many Mexicans in New York yet), it seems that they have a... More >>

• Why do Mexicans use ALL CAPS?

  published March 10, 2011

  Dear Mexican: When the Second World War ended, the Germans and Japanese had to return all territories they had acquired by force. The... More >>

• Mexicans know I'm black -- what gives?

  published March 3, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I am a mocha-skinned woman with long, curly hair and dark-brown eyes. Puerto Ricans always ask if I am Puerto Rican;... More >>

• Can a gringo run for president of Mexico?

  published February 24, 2011

  Dear Mexican: The perception of Mexico having a defective culture has come up in your column several times. It's most important to point... More >>

• Should I speak Spanish to the Mexicans in my neighborhood?

  published February 17, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm a white, rural, ninth-generation Texan who left the farm and is now a lawyer for a large corporation in one of the... More >>

• Is it okay for Caucasians and Mexicans to make jokes about each other?

  published February 10, 2011

  Dear Readers: Although many of you have loved and/or loathed my columna for years, the Mexican still finds new readers every week... More >>

• Mexicans have a more cordial relationship with Death than gabachos do

  published January 27, 2011

  Dear Mexican: A few years ago, I moved to Tucson. In said city, I noticed that there were little piles of stuff accumulated on the... More >>

• Why do people scoff at pregnant Mexican girls?

  published January 20, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm not Mexican (or from a Spanish-speaking country), but I get mad when the gabachos in my town say that all... More >>

• Why do Mexicans cut down agave plants?

  published January 13, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I think I have a Mexican problem. In short, I have a home in sunny California on a property with an abundance of agave... More >>