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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2009 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Chinese Girls and Fat Mexican Kids

  published December 24, 2009

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

• Mexicans: The New Jews?

  published December 3, 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... More >>

• Insults Across the Divide

  published November 26, 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... More >>

• Transparent Behavior

  published November 5, 2009

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

• Why Do Mexicans Hate Salvadorans?

  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... More >>

• Finish School — and Shut Up During the Mariachi

  published October 22, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As teachers, we’ve been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Drive Uninsured Cars

  published October 15, 2009

  Dear Mexican: An uninsured wetback just hit my car and totaled his. He had no insurance and no... More >>

• Keeping Up With the Lopezes

  published October 1, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As a Mexican-American, I’ve lived in St. Louis for about 17 years and have seen a substantial influx of my... More >>

• Garfield in a Sombrero: Mexican Bashing?

  published September 24, 2009

  Dear Mexican, In “Garfield” strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier this... More >>

• Mexican Pride and the Reconquista

  published September 17, 2009

  We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it’s a genuine movement, well under way. Others claim... More >>

• Don't Mix Tequila With Irish Stout

  published September 10, 2009

  Why do Mexicans make the sign of mucho dinero with a gap between their thumb and index... More >>

• Cheap Mexican Labor? Marry a Teenage Mexicana

  published September 3, 2009

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

• Those Dirty Illegals: 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... More >>

• Cojones and the Mexican Bill Gates

  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 >>

• Habla Ingles, por favor

  published July 16, 2009

  ¡ASK A MEXICAN! Dear Mexican: How can I get Mexicans to arrive to a meeting ON TIME? ... More >>

• Was Disney a Spaniard? Did Beck Used to Use a Leafblower?

  published June 25, 2009

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

• Slackers in Gringolandia, and Other Mexican "Traditions"

  published June 18, 2009

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

• Wife-Beating and Ethnic Slurs: A Deeper Look

  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 nonstop... More >>

• Muy Caliente Summer Edition

  published June 4, 2009

  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 >>

• Laid-back, Uneducated, Macho-Obsessed?

  published May 28, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My question is simple: Can you please confirm the fact that there are doctors, lawyers and other professionals living... More >>

• Is Cheech Taking Work Away From Deserving Mexican Actors?

  published May 21, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Do Mexicans get annoyed that Cheech Marin gets all the Mexican character-actor parts in Hollywood movies? This is... More >>

• Mexican Slang: “To Fuck,” by Any Other Name

  published May 14, 2009

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

• Swine Flu and Blue-Eyed Babies: The Mexican Connection

  published May 7, 2009

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

• Special Drinko por Cinco Mariachi Cheat-Sheet Edition

  published April 30, 2009

  Dear Readers: As you drinko por Cinco this May 5, use this column with songs that mariachis will actually, gladly play instead... More >>

• Messy Shoppers, Guatemalans and Lebanese Wannabes

  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... More >>