Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican: I had never seen an uncircumcised penis before I saw one on a Mexican guy. I asked why he wasn’t circumcised, and he said it just isn’t done in Mexico. Oh, my God, the sex is so much better! Since being with this man, I’ve come to see......

Dear Mexican: Why do non-Mexicans consider it a compliment when they tell Mexicans they don’t look Mexican? I am 100 percent Mexican — 5 feet 7, with black hair, brown eyes and olive skin — and ever since I left my hometown of El Paso, I’ve been subject to this......

Dear Mexican: How did the patron saint of México get a name derived from Arabic? —El Moro Judío Dear Jewish Moor: You’re referring to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the brown-skinned apparition of the Virgin Mary who tradition says appeared before the Aztec peasant Juan Diego in December 1531 just outside......

The Mexican is currently inside a trunk trying to sneak back into the United States after the Christmas holiday. Meanwhile, here are some oldies but goldies: Dear Mexican: Why do my employees who are chúntaros (Mexican immigrants) seem to have a distaste for my employees who are pochos (Mexicans born......

Dear Mexican: I’m a Spanish-language student struggling with tenses and the gender of nouns. The other day, some friends and I were discussing street slang and the word verga (penis) came up (no pun intended). It occurred to me that the definitive symbol of masculinity ends in the feminine “a.”......

My girls and I work at a Mexican restaurant, and the Mexican cooks are so infatuated with the Mexican Sandwich. Is this a cultural practice for all horny amigos? —From the Curious Center of the Mexican Sandwich Dear Gabacha: This column has discussed many of the Mexican ?male’s courting rituals,......

Dear Mexican: I was flipping through my television when I noticed the Spanish-language channel showed a man in a red suit with yellow pants, antennae on his head and a heart with the letters “CH” on his chest. It appeared to be a sitcom, and all the characters related to......

Dear Mexican: I am a nice-looking white girl with a great job and life. I recently starting seeing a Mexican guy, who I’m pretty certain I scare the crap out of. He has never dated a white woman before and seems very nervous around me. He also asks me about......

Dear Mexican: A friend says she read somewhere that only 20 percent of Mexican men will go down on their ladies. I don’t believe that. Can you “spread” some light on the subject? —El Gabacho GuapoDear Handsome Gabacho: Let me penetrate the thrust of your friend’s argument by referring her......

Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans call people with curly hair chinos?? Most chinos I know have very straight, hard-to-curl hair. —China Confundida Dear Confused Chinita: The Mexican has discussed the word chino before, as in why Mexicans call all Asians chinos (same reason why gabachos call all Latinos “Mexican”). Chino......