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 - 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

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2007 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Asking for It

  published December 27, 2007

  Dear Readers: Gracias, thank you, gracias for another successful year. The Mexican now appears in 32 newspapers across the... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican!

  published December 20, 2007

  Dear Mexican: USA citizens are sick and tired that for more than 40 years, Latin American elites have lived like monarchs because they... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Catholic Distastes

  published December 13, 2007

  Dear Mexican: I’m sad that there aren’t more Mexicans here in the Detroit area. We’re one of the few areas in the... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Recipe From the Melting Pot

  published December 6, 2007

  Dear Mexican: I was born in beautiful El Paso, and my parents are from Juaritos. I always wondered why Mexican restaurants en... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! The Real End of the American Century

  published November 29, 2007

  The superstars of this century will be China, India and Brazil, who will crush American economic and cultural dominance. Their superstar... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Taunting Task

  published November 22, 2007

  Each sentence from the following pregunta is an excerpt from the multiple questions in the Mexican’s archive that address the... More >>

• Mexico the Beautiful

  published November 15, 2007

  ¡ASK A MEXICAN!Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans love writing songs about Mexico, Mexicans, mi tierra, etc.?... More >>

• ¡ask a Mexican! the Comeback Kidding

  published November 8, 2007

  Dear Mexican: I like to think that I’m an open-minded sorta guy for a teenager. I fervently oppose racial stereotypes, though I do... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dead Reckoning

  published November 1, 2007

  Dear Mexican: How do I go to the Mexican grocery store and bakery to buy supplies for our Día de los Muertos party without looking... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! the Dating Gain

  published October 25, 2007

  Dear Mexican: Why do so many of my peers assume I must have low self-esteem just because I’m dating a Mexican guy? I finally found... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Mextremities

  published October 18, 2007

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

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Three-Pregunta Especial

  published October 11, 2007

  Dear Mexican: We were in a restaurant the other day eating some refried beans and green chili, when I overheard some gringos in the next... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican!

  published October 4, 2007

  Dear Mexican: I’m a minority, and I know we can be overly sensitive sometimes, but I just can’t stand Carlos Mencia. Not only... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Playing the Numbers

  published September 27, 2007

  After the great migration of Jews to this nation, a question was posed: “How long does it take a Jew to go from being a street... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Savage Advice

  published September 13, 2007

  I am addressing this to both “¡Ask a Mexican!??”? and “Savage Love,” hoping one of you will have an answer... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican the Fast and the Curious

  published September 6, 2007

  Dear Mexican: A new line of Speedy Gonzalez clothing came out earlier this year. As a black vendor in a predominantly Mexican market, I... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Mail Calls

  published August 23, 2007

  Dear Readers: It’s not just questions and racist rants that invade the Mexican’s mailbox — your feedback sneaks under my... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! the Queen Mother

  published August 16, 2007

  I am a gaybacho who has lived with his hombre for eight years. I’ve made my peace with his lack of... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Naming Conventions

  published August 9, 2007

  Dear Mexican: I’ve run into a problem with my wife. I’d like to proudly display our last name on the back window of the... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican!

  published August 2, 2007

  —White Paddy Pinche GabachoDear Mick: Primeramente, let’s decipher your fine Spanish for... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! The Dope On Sinaloa

  published July 26, 2007

  Dear Mexican: Why is Sinaloa considered the dope capital of Mexico? Every time I tell someone where my family is from, they immediately... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Spanish as a First Language

  published July 19, 2007

  Dear Mexican: Why don’t Mexicans ever drop their Spanish? Even third- and fourth-generation Mexican-Americans still speak the... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Special Amnesty Edicíon

  published July 12, 2007

  Dear Gabachos: You love us, you really love us! Mere moments after the Senate allowed an amnesty bill to collapse like the... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Dividing the Multiplying mindset

  published July 5, 2007

  Dear Mexican: After asking my dad about black people in Mexico, it almost seemed as if Mexicans don’t like speaking about... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Polysyllabic Puzzler

  published June 28, 2007

  {mosimage}Dear Mexican: A friend asked me years ago to come up with a Spanish word or phrase that contains fewer syllables than its... More >>