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

• A Christmas Gift Guide for the Mexi or Mexi-Curious in You Life

  published December 22, 2011

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

• Cartels and conquistadors -- who are worse?

  published December 15, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Much has been said about the terrible things happening to the United States and its citizens at the hands of Mexican drug... More >>

• Is Mexico's Narco War a Revolution?

  published December 8, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I read in your book that Mexico is due for a revolution about every 100 years or so. Do you think the drug war presently being... More >>

• Half-Mexicans: the group everyone can hate, even Mexicans.

  published December 1, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Having been called a "gabacho" by "Mexicans" much lighter than I and "wetback" by those whose parents (or... More >>

• Are More Mexicans Becoming Conservative?

  published November 24, 2011

  Dear Mexican: GOP Senator Mel Martinez authored a decent compromise bill to resolve the growing illegal immigration problem. He broke up the... More >>

• Why is Mexico Such a Dump?

  published November 17, 2011

  Dear Mexican: 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... More >>

• Are Mexican Women Uninhibited?

  published November 10, 2011

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

• Why Do Americans Call Mexicans "Illegal"?

  published November 3, 2011

  Dear Mexican: These days, using the word "nigger" is considered so offensive that we now use the term "N-word" in its place. Of course,... More >>

• Is "Mexican" an Offensive Word?

  published October 27, 2011

  Dear Mexican: There's something I am concerned about, or bothered by. I was born and raised in Mexico, but I've been here for eight years.... More >>

• Why won't my hot Mexican gardener take a HIV test?

  published October 20, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Really? You answered "When Should You Use Usted Instead of Tú?" recently over my "Why Won't My Gardener Fuck Me Again... More >>

• What Part of Illegal Don't Mexicans Understand?

  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... More >>

• When Should You Use Usted Instead Of Tu?

  published October 6, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I learned Spanish in school as a teen. Then, it seems, because I was young, everybody was an usted. I... More >>

• Why do Mexican business owners use Shrek in advertisements?

  published September 29, 2011

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

• Does My Smoking Pot Support Mexican Cartels?

  published September 22, 2011

  Dear Mexican: 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... More >>

• Do Mexicans Hate Puerto Ricans?

  published September 15, 2011

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

• Why Do Mexicans Work as Day Laborers?

  published September 8, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm a young white dude who drives to work every day, and on my daily commute, I get off the freeway and drive through the... More >>

• How Much of a Pendejo is Gustavo?

  published September 1, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I see a lot of vatos around wearing the clam-digger pants with the knee-high white socks and white sneakers. While this is... More >>

• The Mexican Lends an Ear ...

  published August 25, 2011

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

• He loves a Mexican woman, but how can he trim time her extended family?

  published August 11, 2011

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

• Do Mexicans Hate the Spanish?

  published August 4, 2011

  Dear Mexican: A few years back when I was in high school, my social studies teacher and the leader of our high school M.E.Ch.A. club had... More >>

• How do Mennonites cut the cheese in Mexico?

  published July 28, 2011

  Dear Mexican: A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Merida in the Yucatan. We were surprised to see a sentence... More >>

• Is the Term "Mexican" Becoming Extinct?

  published July 21, 2011

  Dear Ask a Wetback: You and your fellow law-breaking wetbacks don't like Arizona's SB 1070? Too damn bad. Trot back to Make Sick o and... More >>

• Will Mexicans Ever Return to Mexico to Make it Better, and Do They Hate Manny Pacquiao?

  published July 14, 2011

  Dear Mexican: 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... More >>

• Why do Mexicans in the United States Root for Mexico Against the U.S. in Soccer?

  published July 7, 2011

  Dear Readers: Ever since the Mexican national soccer team thrashed the American side, 4-2, in last month's Gold Cup final, Know Nothings have... More >>

• Would Mexico Have Been Better Off if the American Southwest Remained Mexico?

  published June 30, 2011

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