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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2012 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• Why Hasn't the States Invested in Mexico the Way Europeans Helped Their Neighbors?

  published July 5, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Suppose the United States were as progressive and conscious of our country's true self-interest as are, for example, many... More >>

• Why is Obama Stealing Mexico's Bright Young People?

  published June 28, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Barrack Hussein Obama, how you dare deprive Mexico of its young, educated people? These illegal aliens in the United States... More >>

• SM Seeks Mexican Woman. Slutty Virgin With Razor Blade Preferred.

  published June 21, 2012

  Dear Mexican: In anticipation of the upcoming Reconquista, I've decided that I need a Mexican girlfriend. I feel this will help me fit in... More >>

• Yukon Ho! Canada Rolls Out a Welcome for Mexicans

  published June 14, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I'm in this country illegally, but I have a current passport from the country I am from, and I have an international driver's... More >>

• Resistance is futile. The U.S. Will Assimilate Its Mexican Immigrants.

  published June 7, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I work construction in Texas. The mojados at work call me "Chicano" (which really angers me) to make fun... More >>

• The Tortilla-Wrapped Destiny of SB 1070

  published June 7, 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 >>

• Rio Grande or Rio Bravo? Why Can't Mexico and the U.S. Agree?

  published May 31, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Why can't the United States and Mexico agree on just one name for the Rio Bravo/Grande river? And I don't understand why the... More >>

• Why are Mexicans in Chicago so mean?

  published May 24, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I was wondering why Mexicans in Chicago are meaner than Mexicans in California. —Pinche Caliente... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why Are Mexicans Always Changing Their Names?

  published May 17, 2012

  I usually don't allow anyone to hijack this columna, but an exception must be made for California State Assembly member Gil Cedillo.... More >>

• Mexicans: Well, at least their mothers love them.

  published May 10, 2012

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

• Ask a Mexican: In Defense of Tijuana

  published May 3, 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 face value,... More >>

• Who Are All the White Guys Running Mexico?

  published April 26, 2012

  Dear Mexican: How come there are a bunch of fair-skinned European-looking guys running Mexico? When I am in Mexico, I see them having power... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Paint Murals on Lowriders?

  published April 19, 2012

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

• Just Because George Zimmerman is Hispanic, that Doesn't Mean Mexicans Must Defend Him

  published April 12, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Why do Hispanics deny that George Zimmerman is Hispanic? He did nothing wrong and has been crucified in the media. La Raza... More >>

• Are There Different Kinds of Mexican Food?

  published April 5, 2012

  Dear Readers: Nearly four years after promising ustedes that I was going to write a book about the history of Mexican food in the... More >>

• What's With all the Spanish in this Columna?

  published March 29, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Stop using Spanish in your column. I like reading your column, but when every other word is in Spanish, I don't know what the... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Look Down on Chicanos?

  published March 22, 2012

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

• Why the Obsession With Counting Mexicans?

  published March 15, 2012

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

• Envying A Trash Picker -- A New Low for Pendejas

  published March 8, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I'm so perplexed by my Mexican neighbor. For one, he already has four girls, and I just saw his wife — and she looks... More >>

• Arizona Whitewashes American History in Texas

  published March 1, 2012

  Dear Mexican: Aunqué soy Boricua, mi corazón está al lado del pueblo mejicano, aquí en Arizona.... More >>

• Learning to Speak Spanish with a Dixie Drawl

  published February 23, 2012

  Dear Mexican: I've tried and failed to learn the Spanish language for the last two years. Last year, I visited a Spanish-speaking church to... More >>

• Does the GOP really think Latino voters will buy Marco Rubio?

  published February 16, 2012

  Dear Mexican: This question was inspired by the recent video you did on the Republicanos and the Latina/o vote. What's... More >>

• Ron Paul: Friend of Liberty, but not Mexicans.

  published February 9, 2012

  Dear Mexican: My family for six generations have been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. Right now, almost every Republican in the state... More >>

• Who you calling wimp, gabacho?

  published January 26, 2012

  Dear Mexican: It's so sad to see your wimpy answers. Your replies scream self-hatred and self-shame for your raza. No... More >>

• Mexicans, Mormons and Mitt: More Alike Than You Think

  published January 19, 2012

  Dear Readers: I usually save reruns of my columna for when I have to smuggle in the latest cousin from the rancho, but the... More >>