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 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 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

• 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"

• 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

• Maybe Mexico should build a fence to keep US out.

  published June 23, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm wondering how Mexicans feel about the communities of American expats springing up all over Mexico (especially those who... More >>

• Latin Fever: White Dad Doesn't Approve of Daughter Dating Mexican.

  published June 16, 2011

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

• Why Don't Mexicans Just Come to this Country Legally?

  published June 9, 2011

  Dear Mexican: 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... More >>

• For the Love of Balls: Why Don't Mexicans Spay or Neuter Their Pets?

  published June 2, 2011

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

• Is Spanglish Something to Celebrate?

  published May 26, 2011

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

• Wait: Are there Mexican Jews?

  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 most... More >>

• Is Mexico a Tea Party paradise?

  published May 12, 2011

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

• Who is More Mexican?

  published May 5, 2011

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

• Mexicans Get a Bad Rap

  published April 28, 2011

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

• Do Mexicans Poop in the Fields?

  published April 21, 2011

  Dear Mexican: 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,... More >>

• Should the United States return the Southwest to Mexico?

  published April 14, 2011

  Dear Mexican: 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... More >>

• Do Mexican men wear necklaces with their mami's name on them?

  published April 7, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm a blanquita, and I've recently begun dating a CALIENTE mexicano. I adore this... More >>

• Do Legal Mexican Immigrants Really Sympathize with Illegals?

  published March 31, 2011

  Dear Readers: Rather than me punk ustedes with a prank, I give you the cruelest joke of all—ex-congressman and eternal Know... More >>

• Will the "Real" Mexicans Please Stand Up?

  published March 24, 2011

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

• Are Latin Americans' ghosts and goatsuckers made in the U.S.A.?

  published March 17, 2011

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

• Legal, shmegal. We stole that chunk of Mexico fair and square.

  published March 10, 2011

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

• Mexicans are a shady bunch when it comes to race.

  published March 3, 2011

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

• Want to Jump at the Chance to Be Mexico's Prez?

  published February 24, 2011

  How come everything Mexican jumps? They got jumping cars, they jump the fence, and Mexican jumping beans. —Confused... More >>

• Want to greet a Mexican? Don't say hola! It's downright patronizing.

  published February 17, 2011

  Dear Mexican: 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... More >>

• Does the Mexican Advocate Calling Any Young Girl a "White Bitch"?

  published February 10, 2011

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

• Where was Mariachi Born and Why Does This Highlander Love It So?

  published February 3, 2011

  Dear Mexican: My gabacho friends look at me askance for being a gabacho who enjoys mariachi music.... More >>

• One Gabacho's Trash is a Mexican's Tombstone.

  published January 27, 2011

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

• Why is a Knocked-up Mexican Girl a Tramp, While a Gringa is a "Victim?"

  published January 20, 2011

  Dear Mexican: I'm not Mexican, but I get mad when the gabachos in my town say that all Mexican girls do is take drugs... More >>

• Why can't Mexicans keep their cactus-pickin' fingers off other people's plants?

  published January 13, 2011

  Dear Mexican: Read your column in the Village Voice and am hoping you can help me. I think I have a Mexican problem. In... More >>

• Why are Mexicans Turning Arizona's Sonoran Desert into a Trash Dump?

  published January 6, 2011

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