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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2008 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Ask a Mexican: The War on All-Year Christmas

  published December 24, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I was driving home on King Road in San José, where a bunch of Mexicans live, and I noticed that almost every house had... More >>

• What To Get the Mexican Who Has Everything

  published December 17, 2008

  Dear Readers: A couple of columnas ago, I published a short list of my favorite books regarding Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, and... More >>

• !Ask a Mexican! The Mole People

  published December 3, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Why is it that those of us who oppose illegal immigration are called racist by many Mexicans? Personally, I think Hispanic... More >>

• How Many Illegals in the U.S.? Who Knows?!

  published November 26, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I hear all the time that 12 million illegal immigrants live in the United States. Is that true? Who counted them? How did they... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Don't Believe the Jimi Hendrix Mexican Hype

  published November 19, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I recently received the biography of Rolling Stones bassist Ronnie Woods. While reading about his friendship with Jimi... More >>

• Ask a Mexican! Aztlán for Obama!

  published November 12, 2008

  Dear Mexican: In a column some time ago, you mentioned the Aztec prophecy claiming that "their descendants would reclaim ancestral lands in... More >>

• The Mexican on Canada

  published November 5, 2008

  Dear Readers: So your presidential candidate lost (congratulations; McBama! Our condolences, O'Cain. Damn early deadlines . . . ), and... More >>

• Ask a Mexican! Voting Is Gay

  published October 29, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I know you've been asked variations of this before, but I'm going to ask you again anyway. I'm a gay white guy and I've had... More >>

• Don't Hassle Mexicans Over their Love of Bivalves

  published October 22, 2008

  Dear Mexican: One of our Arizona politicians once said on the PBS show Horizonte that the "crime" of being undocumented... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Heroism, Mexican-Style

  published October 15, 2008

  Dear Mexican: A group of very young soldiers in the Mexican army being chased through a castle by U.S. Marines realized they were trapped on... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Special Recap Edition

  published October 8, 2008

  Dear Readers: I don't like to rerun columns because it makes me look like a lazy Mexican, but I realize that, as my column invades... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Mr. Amnesty Loses

  published October 1, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I'm half-Catalan, and the women on my mom's side of my family have spent most of our lives being hated by Mexicans. I've never... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Anchor Babies, Aweigh!

  published September 23, 2008

  Dear Mexican: What is an anchor baby? I am a 45-year-old male born in the U.S.A. My mother was born in ex-Yugoslavia (now Serbia), and my... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Catholic Tastes

  published September 17, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I am a chica struggling with the choice to come out to my parents about my sexual orientation. My family... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: What a Pendejo!

  published September 10, 2008

  Dear Readers: The Mexican's new book, Orange County: A Personal History, is in your local bookstore on September 16—by pure... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Illegal and Lovin' It

  published September 3, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I'm an illegal alien. Got here on a tourist visa and stayed for a job. My gabacho employer knows about it... More >>

• !Ask a Mexican!: Donkey Stripes and Zoot Suits

  published August 27, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans paint stripes on their donkeys in Tijuana? —Avenida Revolución Reveler Dear Gabacho:... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican!: Forget about Keeping Spanish Pure, Uncle

  published August 19, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I am the proud uncle of five Mexican-redneck kids who recently moved to Wausau with their mamá... More >>

• Don't Buy the New Welfare-Queen Myth

  published August 12, 2008

  Dear Mexican: As a Mexican, I'm always ashamed of the fact that a lot of Mexican women come to the U.S. just to have babies and utilize this... More >>

• English-Only Bosses Just Don't Understand

  published August 5, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Where I recently started working, Latinos make up about 95 percent of the workforce. We are, however, prohibited from speaking... More >>

• Don't Fear La Raza: It's Only a Mexican-Spanish Term for Community

  published July 29, 2008

  Dear Mexican: What's with calling yourselves "La Raza"? Being Mexicans, Chicanos, or whatever isn't enough—now you're "THE Race"?... More >>

• Corn vs. Flour: The Great Tortilla Debate

  published July 23, 2008

  Dear Readers: Gracias, merci, obrigado for the many submissions in our contest asking readers to argue in 25 words why... More >>

• Mexicans in La Migra?

  published July 16, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Why are there Mexicans in the Border Patrol? What a hypocritical thing to do to our people. —Carne Asada... More >>

• Refried Elvis

  published July 9, 2008

  Dear Mexican: What's the fascination Mexicans have with Elvis? —Good Roceando Tonight Dear Gabacho: Your question... More >>

• Render Unto Chávez

  published July 2, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Whenever I have an immigration debate with my Chicano hermanos who support open borders, they don’t seem to understand... More >>