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

• Special La Raza Edición

  published July 31, 2008

  SPECIAL LA RAZA EDICIÓN Dear Mexican: What’s with calling yourselves “La... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Tortilla Contest Edition

  published July 24, 2008

  Dear Readers: Gracias, mercí, obrigado for the many submissions in our contest asking readers to argue in 25... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] A Run for the Border Patrol. And Mucho Mas!

  published July 17, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Why are there Mexicans in the Border Patrol? What a hypocritical thing to do to our people. Carne Asada... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] The King Reigns South of the Frontera

  published July 10, 2008

  Dear Mexican: What's the fascination Mexicans have with Elvis? Good Rockeando Tonight Dear... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Cherry-Picking César Chávez

  published July 3, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Whenever I have an immigration debate with my Chicanohermanos who support open... More >>

• [This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Paleta Paradise at La Flor de Mexico

  published July 3, 2008

  Knock Stanton all you want—and please do!—but don't snicker at its food scene. It bests most of South County in deals and variety,... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Ungoverned By Superstition Since 1988

  published June 26, 2008

  Dear Mexican: What do you think would happen if U.S. citizens could as easily buy land and set up businesses in Mexico as Mexicans can... More >>

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

  published June 19, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I recently went to a Los Angeles Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium. It was good to see... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Muy Caliente Summer Edition

  published June 12, 2008

  Dear Readers: The Mexican has previously published only one Best Of column in his nearly four years of living under his cousin's identity in... More >>

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

  published June 5, 2008

  Dear Mexican: First, it was the Native Americans, then it was the blacks, then the Japanese. For a while, Muslims. Now, I fear that... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] 'Mexicans Are Dirty Gangbangers Who Spray Graffiti Everywhere'

  published May 29, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I'm Mexican-American, but I always lie and tell people my ancestors were from Spain and immigrated to the United States... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Do People Even Know Who Cantinflas Is?

  published May 22, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Why did the Mexican comedian Cantinflas never catch on in Hollywood? I thought he was supposed to usher in the Mexican... More >>

• When San Juan Capistrano Boots Ignacio Lujano From His Orange Groves, OC's Citrus Era Will End

  published May 22, 2008

  Last One When San Juan Capistrano boots Ignacio Lujano from his orange groves, OC's Citrus Era will officially... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Edición Escocés Especial

  published May 15, 2008

  Dear Readers: My recent column regarding the dissimilarities between Scots and Mexicans provoked a surprising amount of angry... More >>

• Humberto Caspa's New Book Chronicles the Fear and Loathing of Mexicans in Costa Mesa

  published May 8, 2008

  Terror Town Humberto Caspa chronicles the fear and loathing of Mexicans in Costa Mesa If Orange County is the... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Stay Home and Watch 'COPS' With Your Traditional Mexican Woman

  published May 8, 2008

  Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is in stores now, with even more gratuitous Guatemalan jokes. Buy, por favor! Now, on... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Mexicans. Assimilation. Believe It

  published May 1, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Consider the similarities between my people, the Celtic Scots, and yours, the Hispanic Mexicans. Both our people trace... More >>

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

  published April 24, 2008

  Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book ¡Ask A Mexican!is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Is It Racist to Call a Mexican Working at a Coffee Shop a 'Beaner'?

  published April 17, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I work at a Seattle-based company, and our customer-service department uses a phone-tree system that asks all callers to... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Dia de los Impuestos Edition

  published April 10, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Sitting on my desk is a levy from the Internal Revenue Service for more than $12,000 in unpaid taxes. Turns out some dude... More >>

• Capo Valley High's James Corbett Isn't the First Local Educator to Face OC's Cultural Conservatives

  published April 10, 2008

  Class Warfare:a History Capo Valley High's James Corbett isn't the first local educator to face the ire of OC's cultural... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] I Can't Believe You Fell for It, Amigos!

  published April 3, 2008

  Dear Readers: Belated April Fools, amigos! So many of you fell for my hoax of a More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Last Column Edition

  published March 27, 2008

  Dear Mexican: I'm a gay man in his mid-30s who has always loved Mexican men. And this question is not only from my experience, but also... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Is 'Manito' the Diminutive Form of Hand?

  published March 20, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Since moving to Aztlán from Boston, I've spent so much time with my next-door neighbor from Mexico City that I've... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Sticking to Stats

  published March 13, 2008

  Dear Mexican: Mexicans are angry that the United States might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country... More >>