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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2011 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Gustavo Arellano On Daddy Issues and Frijoleros

  published June 16, 2011

  I'm a white girl dating a Mexican from Jalisco who works for my dad. There lies the problem. Dad absolutely dislikes him and totally opposes... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Border Security Lip Service and the Ease of Legal Immigration

  published June 9, 2011

  There are many who give lip service to border security. You may or may not be one of them. You may be an open-borders advocate. But for the... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Pet Overpopulation Riding With Pancho Villa

  published June 2, 2011

  I'm new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing has become... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Mastering English

  published May 26, 2011

  I'm a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Bárbara, California; I've also worked in Los Angeles courts. I just read your most recent... More >>

• Gustavo Arellano On Mexican Men and Brown Pride

  published May 19, 2011

  Dear Mexican: What happened to my friend? She is white (Irish — her only aunt was a Catholic nun!), she grew up in Pico Rivera (so... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on the Tea Party and Making the Rich Richer

  published May 12, 2011

  I can't help thinking of Mexico as a Tea Party paradise. Mexican taxes are very low. There are few regulations, and environmentalists,... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on the Perils of Cultural Misunderstanding

  published May 5, 2011

  Please settle a dispute. I'm an Anglo living and working in Mexico for years, in Culiacán, Sinaloa (I married one of the famous... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Mexican Rap and a Tricky Proposal

  published April 28, 2011

  Why does every Mexican rap/hip-hop song always contain the lyrics, "No paramos," "Nunca paramos,"... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Staying Stuck on the Bottom Rungs

  published April 21, 2011

  You seem like a smart guy and your input regarding an ethnic phenomenon I've observed would be of interest. I live in a tiny, gated... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Manifest Destiny and Going to Museums

  published April 14, 2011

  I grant you a magic wand; now, tell me how do we right the wrongs of Sam Houston and Manifest Destiny? Is it to correct his legacy and call... More >>

• Gustavo Arellano on Cheating and Going to Grad School

  published April 7, 2011

  I'm a blanquita, and I've recently begun dating a caliente mexicano. I adore this man. The first time we were intimate, I... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Supporting the Other Guy and Automated Laughter Tracks

  published March 31, 2011

  Rather than me punk ustedes with a prank, I give you the cruelest joke of all — ex-congressman and eternal Know-Nothing Tom... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Mythical Aztec Origins and Ash Wednesday

  published March 24, 2011

  I often pick up the Albuquerque Alibi to read your babosadas. Now, let me get this straight: You... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Carlos Mencia, and Searching For Beer and Salsa

  published March 17, 2011

  Why is it que cada vez that I talk to a Hispanic (not many Mexicans in New York, yet), it seems he thinks a... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Imperialist Land Grabs and Exclaiming in ALL CAPS

  published March 10, 2011

  When the Second World War ended, the Germans and Japanese had to return all territories they had acquired by force. The United States... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Racial Identification and Tortilla Shovels

  published March 3, 2011

  I am a mocha-skinned woman with long, curly hair and dark-brown eyes. Puerto Ricans always ask if I am Puerto Rican, Dominicans just come... More >>

• On Defective Culture and Gringo Presidents

  published February 24, 2011

  The perception that Mexico has a defective culture has come up in your column several times. It's most important to point out the historical... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Ninth-Generation Texans and What Mexican Are Good For

  published February 17, 2011

  I'm a white, rural, ninth-generation Texan who left the farm and is now a lawyer for a large corporation in one of the largest cities in the... More >>

• Ask A Mexican on Social Acceptance and Linguistic Understanding

  published February 10, 2011

  Although many of you have loved and/or loathed my columna for years, the Mexican still finds new readers every week in the unlikeliest... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Being a Gabacho and Switzerland

  published February 3, 2011

  My gabacho friends look at me askance for being a gabacho who enjoys mariachi music. They, and... More >>

• Gustavo Arellano on Roadside Litter and Name Recognition

  published January 27, 2011

  A few years ago, I moved to Tucson. In said city, I noticed that there were little piles of stuff accumulated on the medians of the main... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Hypocrisy and Pregnancy

  published January 20, 2011

  I'm not Mexican (or from a Spanish-speaking country, for that matter), but I get mad when the gabachos in my town say... More >>

• Ask A Mexican on Harvesting Cactus Leaves and Wasting Away

  published January 13, 2011

  I think I have a Mexican problem. In short, I have a home in sunny California on a property with an abundance of agave cactus and century... More >>

• Ask a Mexican on Sonoran Trash and What's for Dinner

  published January 6, 2011

  I was alerted to the problem of trash dumped on the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and am trying to track down more articles about the issue.... More >>