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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2012 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Can I Demand My Day Laborer to Work Better?

  published September 19, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Hey mojado: since when do you think it's okay to fuck up the facts of your wretched culture and concentrate... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Love "Crystal Blue Persuasion" So Much?

  published September 5, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Is it just me, or has what to call our friends from south of the border become a partisan issue? While taking in... More >>

• Special Best Of Edition

  published August 8, 2012

  Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently smuggling mescal out of Oaxaca and into hipster bars nationwide, and thus gives you two... More >>

• Special Best Of Edition

  published August 8, 2012

  Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently smuggling mescal out of Oaxaca and into hipster bars nationwide, and thus gives you two... More >>

• Special Best Of Edition

  published August 1, 2012

  Dear Mexican: So often when we see Mexican bands perform in the U.S. and Mexico, the crowd at some point starts chanting... More >>

• Why Do Gabachos Complain So Damn Much?

  published July 25, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I'm a Mexican-American high school student, and just as patriotic as the Joneses who live next to me. In my... More >>

• Are There Mexican Green Cards?

  published July 18, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I know I might sound like a gabacho borracho, but I’m really just a gringo trying to... More >>

• Can Mexico Get Its Gold Back?

  published July 11, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I was wondering about the Spanish going into Mexico and taking the gold and artifacts away from the Indians. Could... More >>

• Why Not Allow These Mexican Kids to Live Here?

  published July 4, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Magdalena has worked for me many years—15, to... More >>

• Where's the Mexican Marshall Plan?

  published June 27, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Suppose the United States government and the... More >>

• Shame On You, Barrack Hussein Obama

  published June 20, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Barrack Hussein Obama, how you dare deprive Mexico... More >>

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  Love the Beans, Hate the Beaner

  published June 6, 2012

  A couple of years back, I put four white supremacists in prison. They had made the mistake of going into the Slater Slums of Huntington Beach,... More >>

• Since When Were Black Beans 'Upper Class'?

  published June 6, 2012

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• Will Mexicans Be The New White Race in America?

  published May 30, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I work construction here in Texas. The mojados at work call me “Chicano” (which really angers... More >>

• What's Up with the Trucks Full of Mattresses on the Freeway?

  published May 23, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Why can’t the United States and Mexico agree on one only name for the Rio Bravo-Grande river? And I don t... More >>

• Muy Caliente Summer Edition

  published May 16, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I was wondering why Mexicans in Chicago are meaner than Mexicans in California? I love my Mexican brothers and... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Change Their Names, Seemingly at Whim?

  published May 9, 2012

  LAST CALL TO BUY TACO USA! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered... More >>

• Why Are Mexican Men So Attached to Their Mommies?

  published May 2, 2012

  BUY TACO USA! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America has finally hit... More >>

• Can You Help Me Decide If I'm Mexican?

  published April 25, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I am a 20-year-old tall, slender, blonde Jewish Russian-American, He is a 24-year-old, short muscular Mexican. At... More >>

• How Come Fair-Skinned European-looking Guys Run Mexico?

  published April 18, 2012

  Dear Mexican: How come there are a bunch of fair-skinned... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Paint Murals on Lowriders?

  published April 11, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans with lowriders have murals on their hoods and trunks/tailgates? And how come they always have... More >>

• Why Do Hispanics Deny that George Zimmerman Is Hispanic?

  published April 4, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Why do Hispanics deny that George Zimmerman is Hispanic? He did nothing wrong and... More >>

• Are There Different Kinds of Mexican Food?

  published March 28, 2012

  Dear Readers: Talk about a lazy Mexican—nearly four years after promising ustedes that I... More >>

• Do Mexican Women Go Crazy for Accordionists?

  published March 14, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I was born in los estados unidos, my father Tamaulipas, and my mother is a third-generation Chicana. Being... More >>

• Illegal Immigrant Edition

  published March 7, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I work for a major news organization and often have heard the figure of 10 million illegal Mexicans. Unofficially,... More >>