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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2009 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• On Dueling Languages and Answering Only Two Questions Per Week

  published December 31, 2009

  Why in the hell does everything have to be in English and Spanish? I ride the bus/train to work (not because I must, but because it's more... More >>

• On Gobbling Aztlan and Mexican Poetry

  published December 24, 2009

  Can you recommend a solid, accessible history of California and Arizona so I can learn what really happened when the U.S. gobbled... More >>

• On Dating Hombres and Paying Roofers Appropriately

  published December 17, 2009

  I'm an Asian female, and for some time now I've been fascinated by the Mexican culture. I find Mexican males to be very attractive. Their food,... More >>

• On a Dissolving Faith in God and Worshipping Looney Tunes Characters

  published December 10, 2009

  As a Chicano/Mexican, I have lost my faith in God. While they take pride in their country like everyone else, and like to make frequent jokes,... More >>

• On Frequenting Cantinas and Being Opposed to Illegal Immigration

  published December 3, 2009

  I used to frequent a cantina in Chicago where half of the bar was Polack, the other half beaner. The Polacks would speak in their native tongue... More >>

• On Spreading Stereotypes and Buying into the Reconquista

  published November 26, 2009

  I live in a little village in England in a house that's 200 years old, just down the hill from a tiny church so old that it was actually built... More >>

• On Cutting Hair and Killing Gringos

  published November 19, 2009

  Why, oh, why do most Mexican women cut their long, black hair after reaching the pivotal age of 40? Not only do they cut it, but they then... More >>

• On Mexican Spitfire and Refusing to Walk

  published November 12, 2009

  Whenever I see an ad for a Mexican ramera, they always describe themselves as "spicy." Are Mexican women hiding habaneros in their... More >>

• On Irritating Laughter and Confidence Building

  published November 5, 2009

  Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white people and act like they're not there, or when your walking... More >>

• On the Mexican-Salvadoran Rivalry, and Hiding Away Artistic Talents

  published October 29, 2009

  For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the huge mistake of... More >>

• On Mexican Students Who Choose to Fail and Mariachi Shenanigans

  published October 22, 2009

  As a teacher, we've been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the achievement gap between majority and minority students (read: Anglos and... More >>

• On White Power, and Avoiding Tap Water

  published October 8, 2009

  Because the Mexican's sister is getting married to a good man from Zacatecas this weekend, I must ignore my research archives to slaughter a pig... More >>

• On Hating Canadians, and Mexican Boyfriends

  published October 1, 2009

  As a Mexican-American, I've lived in St. Louis for about 17 years and have seen a substantial influx of my brethren. Nevertheless, I'm for... More >>

• On Garfield Comic Strips and William Barrett Travis

  published September 24, 2009

  In Garfield strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier this year, Garfield is wearing a sombrero and taking... More >>

• On the Reconquista and State Pride

  published September 17, 2009

  We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it's a genuine movement, well under way. Others claim it'll never happen,... More >>

• On Easily Understood Hand Gestures, Large Sums of Money, and Cultural Acceptance

  published September 10, 2009

  Why do Mexicans make the sign of mucho dinero with a gap between their thumb and index fingers, as if holding an imaginary wad of bills... More >>

• On Making Something of Your Life, plus George Bush Jr.

  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, and taking care of myself... More >>

• On Exploited Day Laborers, Satiated Chicas, and Pre-Paid Phone Cards

  published August 27, 2009

  A gabacho in the local daily suggested that some of our prisons be outsourced to Mexico to save us some money. What are... More >>

• On Gabachos and Catholic Mass

  published August 20, 2009

  My family hasn't been long in this country, came here because of lousy treatment by other Europeans, and didn't live close enough to the... More >>

• The Mexican on Huevos, Cojones, and Mexico's Answer to Bill Gates

  published August 13, 2009

  We begin, as we do each week, with cojones, although the huevos in question deal with my column a couple of semanas ago on... More >>

• On Losing Soccer Matches to Yanquis

  published August 6, 2009

  Why does El Tri act like pendejos every time the U.S. men's national soccer team kicks their ass? They won't even shake... More >>

• On Hollywood’s Brown-Out, Buttered Pecan Ice Cream, and Drawing Dicks on Port-A-Potties

  published July 30, 2009

  Why do Mexicans at construction sites always draw a dick and vagina on the interiors of port-a-potties? They sure are not as poetic as they are... More >>

• On Sonia Sotomayor and Street Spanish

  published July 23, 2009

  The mainstream media is making big noise of Sonia Sotomayor's likely being the first Latina Supreme Court justice, and that all Latinos should... More >>

• On Punctuality, Pochos, and Learning English

  published July 16, 2009

  How can I get Mexicans to arrive to a meeting on time? Punctual Pete Tell them you're offering green... More >>

• On Nothing Good Coming Out of California, plus Stupid Names

  published July 9, 2009

  Why is it that ever since the U.S./California let you people immigrate, tunnel, weasel, or whatever into this country that nothing good has... More >>