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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2009 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special 'Adios, 2009' Edition

  published December 31, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why in the hell does everything have to be in English and Spanish? I ride the bus/train to work (not... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Navidad Gifts Edition

  published December 24, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Can you recommend a solid, accessible history of California and Arizona so I can learn what really... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Do Mexican Muchachos Like Asian Muchachas?

  published December 17, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I’m an Asian female, and for some time now, I’ve been fascinated by the Mexican culture. I... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Virgin of Guadalupe Edition

  published December 10, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As a Chicano/Mexican, I have lost my faith in God. While they take pride in their country like everyone... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] A Güey With Words

  published December 3, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I used to frequent a cantina in Chicago where half of the bar was Polack, the other half beaner. The... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Crossing the Pond Instead of the Rio Grande

  published November 26, 2009

  Special Long-Letter EditionDear Mexican: I live in a house that’s 200 years old in a... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] The Long and the Short (Hair) of It

  published November 19, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why, oh, why do most Mexican women cut their long, black hair after reaching the pivotal age of 40? Not... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Spicy Dama Parts

  published November 12, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Whenever I see an ad for a Mexican ramera, they always... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Lou Dobbs Till It Hurts! (This Won't Take Long!)

  published November 5, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Do Mexicans Think It Sucks to Be Salvadoran?

  published October 29, 2009

  Dear Mexican: For most of my life, I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] In Which Gabacho Teachers Learn to Listen to Latinas

  published October 22, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As a teacher, we’ve been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the achievement gap between... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Insurance Omissions

  published October 15, 2009

  Dear Mexican: An uninsured wetback just hit my car and totaled his. He had no insurance and no license, but did have a... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Wedding Edition

  published October 8, 2009

  Dear Readers: Since the Mexican’s sister is getting married to a good man from Zacatecas this weekend, I must ignore my research archives... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Annual Canadian Edition

  published October 1, 2009

  Dear Mexican: As a Mexican-American, I’ve lived in St. Louis for about 17 years and have seen a substantial... More >>

• Can the Colectivo Tonantzin and the ACLU Beat Orange's Anti-Day-Laborer Ordinance?

  published October 1, 2009

  Will Work for JornalerosCan the Colectivo Tonantzin secure another victory against anti-day laborer ordinances in the... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Garfield: ¿Gato Racista?

  published September 24, 2009

  Dear Mexican: In Garfield strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Reconquista for Dummies

  published September 17, 2009

  Dear Mexican: We gabachos get differing reports regarding the... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special El Edition

  published September 10, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans make the sign of mucho dinero with a gap... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Forty Years Later, the Clash Between the Black Panthers and Santa Ana P.D. Still Influences OC Life

  published September 10, 2009

  Murder was the CaseForty years later, the clash between the Black Panthers and Santa Ana police continues to influence county... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Wedding-Bell Azules

  published September 3, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I am a 22-year-old Mexican-American woman, still living with my parents but going to college, working... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special One- or Two-Liners Edition

  published August 27, 2009

  Dear Mexican: A gabacho in the local daily suggested some of our prisons be... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] If You Have to Ask if You're a Gabacho . . .

  published August 20, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My family hasn’t been in this country long. We came here because of lousy treatment by other... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Cojones Vs. Huevos

  published August 13, 2009

  Dear Readers: We begin, as we do each week, with cojones, although the huevos in question hail from More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Soccer Edition

  published August 6, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why does El Tri act like pendejos every time the U.S.... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Port-a-Potty Picassos

  published July 30, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans at construction sites always draw a dick and vagina on the interiors of Port-a-Potties?... More >>