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!] Is Sotomayor the Right Shade of Brown for the Mexican?

  published July 23, 2009

  Dear Mexican: The mainstream media is making big noise of Sonia Sotomayor likely being the first Latina Supreme Court... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Uncle Tom's Wabbin'

  published July 16, 2009

  Dear Mexican: How can I get Mexicans to arrive at a meeting ON TIME? Punctual... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Proving Pendejo Know Nothings Wrong—Again!

  published July 9, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why is it that ever since the United States/California let you people immigrate, tunnel, weasel or... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] The Thin Line Between Amor y Odio

  published July 2, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Looking back recently on my distant youth in northwest Ohio, I came to the realization that the... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Disney's Mexican Heritage?

  published June 25, 2009

  Dear Mexican: You once asked why Mexican bands don’t hit it big in the good, old U.S. of A. I think the simple... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] The Ugly Gabacho

  published June 18, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I write to you with a doubt similar to the one that Incensed In Chicago felt a couple of weeks ago, when... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Are You Still Beating Your Señora?

  published June 11, 2009

  Dear Mexican: I was riding the local light rail when two female Mexicans sat down and start talking rapid-fire Spanish... More >>

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

  published June 4, 2009

   Dear Mexican: I am a Chicano in Connecticut. I moved from Arizona to the East Coast for my dream job, and... More >>

• [!Ask a Mexican!] Special Cinco-Preguntas Edition

  published May 28, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My question is simple: Can you please confirm the fact that there are doctors, lawyers and other... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Chuck DeVore's Quixotic Attempt to Twitter and Parody-Video His Way Into the U.S. Senate

  published May 21, 2009

  What the Chuck?Does Irvine Assemblyman Chuck DeVore honestly think he can Twitter and parody-video his way through the Republican... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Mexican Pirates Güey Anchor

  published May 21, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My wife and I have an argument going on about pirates. And since you are the source for all things... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Missing Michoacan

  published May 14, 2009

  Dear Mexican: My wife is from Michoacán state. We’ve bought a home in the small town of her birth. I love... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Pandemic Edition

  published May 7, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Is it true that most Mexicans are carriers of the swine flu due to the fact they eat a lot of... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Drinko Por Cinco Mariachi Cheat Sheet Edition

  published April 30, 2009

  Dear Readers: As you drinko por Cinco this May 5, please take along this column listing songs that mariachis will... More >>

• Whipped Whiteys and Other Delights: Seven Gabacho-Hating Mexican Songs

  published April 30, 2009

  Whipped Whiteys and Other DelightsSeven gabacho-hating Mexican songs Okay, I’ll admit it: Mexicans... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] From Puebla to Palestine

  published April 23, 2009

  Dear Mexican: First of all, please don’t think that I’m a self-loathing Mexican; I was born in the U.S. to... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Wetbacks on the Brain

  published April 16, 2009

  Dear Mexican: In an earlier column, you mentioned that conservatives can’t have an argument against illegal... More >>

• Law-Enforcement Claims Historic Chicano Mural in Orange Sensationalizes Gangs-30 Years Later

  published April 9, 2009

  A Brush With the LawOC law enforcement claims a historic Chicano mural in Orange sensationalizes gangs—30 years after it was... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Does Only Bart Simpson Say '¡Ay, Caramba!'?

  published April 9, 2009

  Dear Mexican: For as long as I can remember, Mexicans were known for doing three things: drinking lots of... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Sucio Harry

  published April 2, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why are Mexicans so proud of the brutality of their police force? They seem to glamorize it in all their... More >>

• [Hole in the Wall] El Chile Picante Goes Easy on the Cheesy

  published April 2, 2009

  Easy On the Cheesy Does a name like that for a Mexican restaurant inspire much confidence, o brave Hole-in-the-Wall... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special April Fools' Day Edition

  published March 26, 2009

  In honor of April Fools’ Day, I’m turning over the column this week to those who think America can stop the Reconquista.... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Mexi-Pad Mystery

  published March 19, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Why is it that when I go to the Mexican supermarkets to buy productos... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Arpayaso Claims the Know Nothing Crown

  published March 12, 2009

  Dear Mexican: Not sure if this has been asked before, but how do you feel about Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio? I... More >>

• [¡Ask a Mexican!] Pinche Redux

  published March 5, 2009

  Dear Readers: Before we move on to your picante preguntas (well, one, anyway), a bit of housecleaning. About the word More >>