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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2011 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Ask a Mexican on Holiday Shopping

  published December 22, 2011

  In between your 15th tamale and sixth spiked cup of ponche, you're going to have to buy regalos for Christmas or whatever... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Drug Cartels and Conquistadors

  published December 15, 2011

  This is the second rant I've felt I had to send to you. I don't know if readers are allowed "seconds" but here it goes: Much has been said... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Revolution and Homophobia

  published December 8, 2011

  I read in your book that Mexico is due for a revolution about every 100 years or so. The last one was in the first part of the 20th century... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Animosity Toward Lighter-Skinned Mexicans

  published December 1, 2011

  Having been called a "gabacho" by "Mexicans" much lighter than I and "wetback" by those whose parents (or who themselves) crossed several... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Hispanic Conservative Politicians in America

  published November 24, 2011

  GOP Senator Mel Martinez authored a decent compromise bill to resolve the growing illegal immigration problem in the United States. He broke... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Cleanliness South of the Border

  published November 17, 2011

  Why is Mexico such a dump? Just to name a few of the problems: Stray dogs running all over the place, piles of trash burning in the street,... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Uninhibited Women

  published November 10, 2011

  I am an Anglo intruder in New Mexico. When I moved to Albuquerque from Virginia, I fell in love with Mexican culture. I was impressed at... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Racial Epithets

  published November 3, 2011

  These days, using the word "nigger" is considered so offensive that, in its place, we now use the term "n-word." Of course, never mind that... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on America's Obsession with 9/11

  published October 27, 2011

  There's something I'm concerned about or bothered by. I was born and raised in Mexico, but I've been [in the United States] for eight years.... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on the Chivas Soccer Team

  published October 20, 2011

  Really? You answered "When Should You Use Usted Instead of Tú?" recently over my "Why Won't My Gardener Fuck Me Again If I Demand an... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Wrought-Iron Fences and the Meaning of "Illegal"

  published October 13, 2011

  Dear Readers: The Mexican doesn't want to take this week off but has to because it's his mother periódico's Best Of issue and the... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Speaking Spanish and Gabachos

  published October 6, 2011

  I learned Spanish in school as a teen. Then, it seems, because I was young, everybody was an usted. I would like to... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Reconquista, and Riding a Bike

  published September 29, 2011

  I hear that at the last Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing about redistricting, some lady accused Supervisor Gloria Molina of... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Hypocrites and Voices in the Media

  published September 22, 2011

  I am a half-breed, as they say (Mexican father, Anglo mother), and recently I've been reading a lot about the drug violence in Mexico. I've... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Puerto Ricans and Matanzas

  published September 15, 2011

  I live in upstate New York (that's any part of the state north of the city, for you West Coasters), and though we have a relatively small... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Waiting for Work and Authentic Mexican Music

  published September 8, 2011

  I'm a young white dude who drives to work everyday, and on my daily commute, I get off the freeway and drive through the streets. Every... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Clamdigger Pants and Patriotic Inconsistencies

  published September 1, 2011

  I see a lot of vatos around wearing the clamdigger pants with the knee-high white socks and white sneakers. Though this... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Tres Leches Cakes and Aztec History

  published August 25, 2011

  This is going to sound absolutely and totally Caucasian. Lately, we have been trying to lighten the mood around the office with delicate... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Family Ties and Car Pools

  published August 11, 2011

  Here is my problem: I was raised in a typical gabacho family. My siblings and I all enjoyed a typical gabacho relationship. We are as close... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Attitudes Toward the Spanish

  published August 4, 2011

  When I was in high school, my social studies teacher and the leader of our high school MEChA club had deep resentment toward the... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Mennonites in Mexico and Crimes and Disdemeanors

  published July 28, 2011

  A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Mérida in the Yucatán. We were surprised to see a sentence... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on SB 1070 and Cultural Identifications

  published July 21, 2011

  You and your fellow law-breaking wetbacks don't like Arizona's SB 1070? Too damn bad. Trot back to Make-Sick-O and protest there — see... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Making a Few Foreign Bucks and Hating on Manny Pacquiao

  published July 14, 2011

  Say the immigrant makes a few bucks and goes back to his/her hometown. Think they'll put up with the shit that prompted them to move in the... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Re-Writing History and Biblical Names

  published June 30, 2011

  Just suppose that all of the southwestern United States had remained in Mexican hands. Would the Mexicans have done any better with it than... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Keeping Cool in Mexico, and Chicks from Ecuador

  published June 23, 2011

  I'm wondering how Mexicans feel about the communities of American expats springing up all over Mexico (especially those who live near or in... More >>