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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2006 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published December 28, 2006

  The Mexican is currently inside a trunk trying to sneak back into the United States after the Christmas holiday. In the meanwhile, here are... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published December 21, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I'm a Spanish-language student struggling with tenses and the gender of nouns. The other day, some friends and I were... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published December 14, 2006

  Dear Mexican, It seems that whenever Chicano professors want to show off their mexicanidad, they wear a... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published December 7, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I was flipping through my television when I noticed the Spanish-language channel showed a man in a red suit with... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published November 30, 2006

  Dear Readers, I received many kind, drunken words from ustedes regarding my November 16 column proclaiming Mexicans... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published November 23, 2006

  Note to readers: The following is a serious, stat-saturated column. I promise more dwarf- and Dirty Sanchez-related questions next week!... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published November 16, 2006

  Dear Mexican, My fiancé is trying to learn Spanish so he can speak to my grandmother when we get married next month. Lately,... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published November 9, 2006

  Dear Mexican, Not long ago, I attended a Los Tigres del Norte concert at a small hall with no dance floor. The people attending were... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published November 2, 2006

  Dear Mexican, A friend says she read somewhere that only 20 percent of Mexican men will go down on their ladies. I don't believe... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published October 26, 2006

  Dear Mexican, It's hard out here for a brotha! First, we had to deal with those pieces of shit called the KKK and their supporters.... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published October 19, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I have very, very light skin because of my Scandinavian heritage. Around Halloween, someone asked me if it was... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published October 12, 2006

  Dear Mexican, How can you explain the disparity between Japan and Mexico? Japan is a nation a fraction the size of Mexico, with zero... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published October 5, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I once got into a fight with a cholo. We beat the crap out of each other, but when all was said and done, I kicked his... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published September 28, 2006

  Dear Readers, Folks went loco following my September 7 column that blamed Chicano studies for spawning a generation of humorless... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published September 21, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I have a stupid, unemployed, 16-year-old gang-bangin' cousin who already dropped out of school, and I'm pretty sure... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published September 14, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I see Jews, Asians and Persians making something of themselves and conducing safe, walkable communities. Of course... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published September 7, 2006

  Dear Mexican, My gabacha friends and I marched in the May pro-amnesty rallies and wanted to show our support on... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published August 31, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I heard that Mexicans at an Orange County, California, candy factory think they saw the Virgin Mary in a pile of... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published August 24, 2006

  Dear Mexican, What's with Mexican-Americans who live in New Mexico claiming they're Spanish and not Mexican? Many actually get angry... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published August 17, 2006

  Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans forget about great beers like Tecate, Negra Modelo and Bohemia and start drinking swill like Bud Light... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published August 10, 2006

  Dear Mexican, What's up with the bull stickers on the truck doors? Is this a secret business, something earned at some unmentionable... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published August 3, 2006

  Dear Mexican, The last two movies I attended were rated R. Sitting around me were Mexican families with very young children. Why do... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published July 27, 2006

  Dear Mexican, The Mexican presidential elections have been a freaking mess. I voted for the conservative candidate, Felipe... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published July 20, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I just don't get Mexicans and their grooming. The men slick their hair with baby oil, gel or Vaseline or just shave it... More >>

• ĦAsk a Mexican!

  published July 13, 2006

  Dear Mexican, I'm a culturally sensitive, PC Asian-American who laughed my head off at Jack Black's imitation of a Mexican in... More >>