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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2008 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] The Never-Ending Navidad

  published December 25, 2008

  Special Year-End Edition Dear Mexican: A few months ago, I was driving home on old King Road in San... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Navidad Shopping Guide Edition

  published December 18, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Guadalupe Edition

  published December 11, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Many times, as I cross the border into the U.S., I see bald cholos buying images... More >>

• [This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Guatemalan Gluttony at Panaderia La Chapina

  published December 11, 2008

  Guatemalans get nothing but ridicule in the other, lesser column I write, but in culinary matters, I have nothing but love for my shorter,... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] If You Have to Ask . . .

  published December 4, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] 'Is There a Turnstile at the Border Tallying Up Illegals?'

  published November 27, 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... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Jaime Hendrix?

  published November 20, 2008

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

• [This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Fire Water at Ostioneria Playas de Sinaloa

  published November 20, 2008

  Aguachile is one of the great seafood dishes of the Americas, a blistering study of contrasts native to the Mexican Pacific coastal state of... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Kicking Aztlán

  published November 13, 2008

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

• Mas Y Mas

  published November 13, 2008

  I can predict most of Café Tacuba’s upcoming set list at the Grove already: “Ingrata,” (the... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] The Great Brown South Meets the Great White North

  published November 6, 2008

  Special Canadian Edition Dear Readers: So your presidential candidate lost (congratulations, McBama! Our... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Will Mexicans Queer the Deal on Prop. 8?

  published October 30, 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... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Of Deportations and Parking Tickets

  published October 23, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Jumping to Conclusions

  published October 16, 2008

  Dear Mexican: A group of very young soldiers in the Mexican army were being chased through the castle by U.S. Marines. At the end of... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Recap Edition

  published October 9, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Why Do Mexican Women Hate Spanish Women?

  published October 2, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I’m half-Catalan, and the women on my mom’s side of my family have spent most of their lives being hated by... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] 'What Is an Anchor Baby?'

  published September 25, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Catholic Edition

  published September 18, 2008

   Dear Mexican: I am a chica struggling with the choice to come out to my parents... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] More Shameless Self-Promotion (Buy Gustavo's New Book!)

  published September 11, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Legal Mexicans Who Can Become American Citizens But Don't

  published September 4, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I’m an illegal alien. Got here on a tourist visa and stayed for a job. My... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] A Gabacho In Front of a Mexican Tourist Trap Deserves the Reconquista His Wallet Gets

  published August 28, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] 'Is It Bad to Think American Pan-Spanish Is Demeaning to the Lengua Itself?'

  published August 21, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Anchor Babies Aweigh!

  published August 14, 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 to... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] A Short History of Comics In Mexico

  published August 7, 2008

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

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special la Raza Edición

  published July 31, 2008

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