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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2010 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Ask a Mexican on His Favorite Assimilation Questions of 2010

  published December 30, 2010

  Wish I could say I was back on the rancho, but you know how that drug war of ours (both Mexican and American) is going, so the Mexican... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Not Coming Off as a Charitable Ass and Sending Thank You Cards

  published December 23, 2010

  I live in a moderately fancy-ass suburb of Dallas, am super-white, and make decent money. Naturally, I have a Mexican gardener/lawn dude who... More >>

• On Mexico's Current State and Linguistic Shortening

  published December 16, 2010

  Someone wrote you a while back wondering why Mexicans have made a mess of their beautiful country. You got all bent out of shape because he... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on AeroMexico and Shaving Heads

  published December 9, 2010

  Why can AeroMexico Airlines fly through any kind of weather conditions to get to and from the United States, but any kind of little ice... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Racial Discrimination and Breaking Stuff for Candy

  published December 2, 2010

  This güero downloaded SB 1070, did a search on the document for "Mexicans" and did not come up with a single hit. What's up with... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: On Being a Mutt and Not Knowing How to Dance

  published November 25, 2010

  I am a mutt. My father's father was an illegal immigrant from Mexico. My mother's father was an illegal immigrant from Ireland. My surname... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: On Moving to Mexico and Argentinians

  published November 18, 2010

  I'm thinking of moving to Mexico. I'm a first-generation americano. Speaking with my parents about moving, they're... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: On Robbing From the Old, Giving to the Underpaid, and Crying Manly Tears

  published November 11, 2010

  I've been hired to find out why some clothes are not being returned to patients at a nursing home in Newport Beach, California, even though... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: On Manifest Destiny and a Love For Jewelry

  published October 28, 2010

  I was a history major at the University of Arizona in Tucson, which I believe was part of the Gadsden Purchase, the last piece of old Mexico... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: On Ignorance and Used Tire Shops

  published October 21, 2010

  I'm not the type to let things slide when I see something that strikes me as ignorant, no matter who it is. When my friend's mom posted... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: On Funerals for Legs and Beck Albums

  published October 14, 2010

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

• Ask a Mexican on Mexico's Bottom-Rung First World Status and the Nation's Own Manifest Destiny

  published October 7, 2010

  Mexico is truly an amazing, beautiful country! Huge oil reserves, mineral deposits second to none, tourist potential unparalleled! God gave... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: On the Trials of Being Successful and the Meaning of Dreams

  published September 30, 2010

  I understand NYC isn't your jurisdiction, but maybe you have some insight, or maybe this is also a problem for other smart and successful... More >>

• On Unpalatable Punishments for Border Crossings and Zack de la Rocha

  published September 23, 2010

  What punishment could America give that would finally make crossing America's borders — repeatedly —... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Native Tongues and Ancestry

  published September 16, 2010

  I work at a large Orange County hotel in which 80 percent of the employees are Latin American, primarily Mexican. I love all of them and... More >>

• Ask A Mexican on La Migra and Purchasing Wood

  published September 2, 2010

  I'm a naturalized citizen born in Ciudad Juarez (the most dangerous city in the world, thanks to the drug cartels) but I work for la... More >>

• On Hiking and the Worst Time to Be a Mexican

  published August 26, 2010

  Oye, I'm a Mexican con un pie aquí y un pie allá, and I have to admit that it is difficult to... More >>

• On Lamanites and a Controversial Understanding of Mormonism

  published August 19, 2010

  As you read this, my trusty burro, pigtailed chica and I are crisscrossing Aztlán researching Mexican food. So now is as... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Facts, Stats, and Go-Go Boots

  published August 5, 2010

  I am a retired gringa living in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Most of us foreigners here are liberal and sympathetic to the immigration problem,... More >>

• Ask A Mexican on Being 50 Years Behind; Plus, Vague Colloquialisms

  published July 29, 2010

  As an old gringo who calls himself a gringo (not a gabacho), I study Mexican culture and ask myself, "Where have I seen... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Mormonism South of the Border

  published July 22, 2010

  I heard Mormonism is a quickly spreading religion down in ye olde Mexico. What is it about this religion that a lot of Mexicans find so... More >>

• On Dumping Pendejos and Not Sinking to Their Level

  published July 15, 2010

  Most Mexicans I know (myself included) feel it's a terrible disrespect to keep old photos of you and your ex around, and vice versa. I'd never... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Anglo Girls in San Antonio's Fiesta

  published July 8, 2010

  I'm a (poor) white girl, but I have to ask: What's the deal with all the rich white girls playing such a big role in Fiesta? Why is it always... More >>

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  What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

  published July 8, 2010

  The names of the couples in this story have been changed to protect their identities.If Juan and Juana were going to stage a... More >>

• Ask A Mexican: A Poem for Know-Nothings

  published July 1, 2010

  Dear Readers: The Arizona pendejas have emboldened hundreds of Know-Nothings in the past week to boast to the Mexican that they're... More >>