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 - 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"

• 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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2011 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• Ah, the Why-Can't-They-Just Wait-in-Line Myth!

  published June 9, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: There are many who give lip service to border security. You may or may not be one of them. You may be an... More >>

• Why Did Every Mexican's Great-Grandfather Fight Under Pancho Villa?

  published June 2, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and... More >>

• Why Shouldn't Mexicans Speak Proper Spanish?

  published May 26, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Barbara, California; I've also worked in Los Angeles courts. I... More >>

• Is 'Brown Pride' the Same as 'White Pride'?

  published May 19, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: What happened to my friend? She is white (Irish—her only aunt was a Catholic nun!), she grew up in... More >>

• Why Don't Mexicans Want to Learn English?

  published May 12, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I can't help thinking of Mexico as a Tea Party paradise. Mexican taxes are very low. There are few... More >>

• Can a Gabacho Be More Mexican Than a Mexican?

  published May 5, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: Please settle a dispute. I'm an Anglo who has been living and working in Culiacán, Sinaloa,... More >>

• How Do Mexicans Propose Marriage?

  published April 28, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: Why does every Mexican rap/hip-hop song always contain the lyrics "No... More >>

• Why Do Mexican Farm Workers Take a Shit in the Fields?

  published April 21, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I live in a tiny, gated neighborhood that I would describe as solidly middle- to upper-middle-class. On... More >>

• The Magical Realist Mexican

  published April 14, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I grant you a magic wand. Now, tell me how do we right the wrongs of Sam Houston and Manifest Destiny? Is it by correcting... More >>

• Should Mexicans Use Affirmative Action?

  published April 7, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm a blanquita, and I've recently begun dating a... More >>

• Tom Tancredo: This Year's Abril Fool!

  published March 31, 2011

  DEAR READERS: Rather than me punk ustedes with a prank, I give you the cruelest joke of all—ex-congressman and... More >>

• Are All Mexicans Short and Brown?

  published March 24, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I often pick up the Albuquerque Alibi to read your... More >>

• Is It Crazy to Shop in Juarez?

  published March 17, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: Why is it que cada vez that I talk to... More >>

• Can Mexico Sue the United States to Get the Southwest Back?

  published March 10, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: When World War II ended, the Germans and Japanese had to return all territories they had acquired by... More >>

• Tortillas Instead of Forks?

  published March 3, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: My husband is a Chicano, and his parents are from Mexico. Why do Mexicans eat tortillas with every meal?... More >>

• Can a Gabacho Become President of Mexico?

  published February 24, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: The perception of Mexico having a defective culture has come up in your column several times. It's most... More >>

• How Do I Properly Say 'Hola' to Mexicans?

  published February 17, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm a white, rural, ninth-generation Texan who left the farm and is now a lawyer for a large corporation... More >>

• Why Doesn't the Mexican Translate All His Spanish Words?

  published February 10, 2011

  DEAR READERS: Although many of you have loved and/or loathed my columna for years, the Mexican still finds new... More >>

• What Are the Origins of Mariachi?

  published February 3, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: My gabacho friends look at me askance for being a... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Build Roadside Memorials?

  published January 27, 2011

  Dear Mexican: A few years ago, I moved to Tucson. In said city, I noticed there were little piles of stuff accumulated... More >>

• Are Asians Scholastically Superior to Mexicans?

  published January 20, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm not Mexican (or from a Spanish-speaking country, for that matter), but I get mad when the... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Steal Cactus Leaves?

  published January 13, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I read your column in The Village... More >>

• Dumping In the Desert

  published January 6, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: Today, I was alerted to the problem of trash dumped on the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and am trying to... More >>