Email Author Arellano, Gustavo

2013 Stories by Arellano, Gustavo

• Ask a Mexican: Do Mexicans own more guns than Americans?

  published May 23, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I've heard about the "Fast and Furious" scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why do people think you can make a word Spanish just by adding an O?

  published May 16, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses?

  published May 9, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They come from pinches ranchitos and talk... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why is everybody "white" now?

  published May 2, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Although I'm familiar with your column, I don't read it regularly. But today, I was struck by something you said... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Where can I find more info on ranchera music?

  published April 25, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I have always liked ranchera music. As of late, I have wanted to get deeper into it as far as the history, the... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: How did tamarind make its way to Mexico?

  published April 18, 2013

  Dear Mexican: What do we need to do to make the güeros understand we come in peace As Mexicans, we are from this great... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why do some Mexicans hate the U.S. and Mexico?

  published April 4, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Please explain to me why so many mexicanas seem to think it more important to stay home and baby-sit than to... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Does the U.S.A. not recognize foreign drivers licenses?

  published March 28, 2013

  Dear Mexican: About six years ago, my wife and I adopted a little baby boy. He is "pure" mestizo and we are complete wabs. I'm... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: What's up with Mexicans and boogers?

  published March 21, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I'm living in Mexico part of the year. I'm learning Spanish but can't say I understand or speak well. I read... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexicans love Lindsay Lohan?

  published March 14, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I would be most interested in hearing your point of view regarding our raza always voting for someone with a... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexicans call people with curly hair chinos?

  published March 7, 2013

  Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently dealing with deportation issues but will return next week once he builds his fifteen-foot escalera to... More >>

• Why Don't Legal Mexicans Hate Illegal Mexicans?

  published February 28, 2013

  Dear Mexican: You mentioned in the past that your Dad is against illegal immigration, but that's a voice you never hear. Why aren't the... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Are burritos supposed to explode?

  published February 21, 2013

  Dear Mexican: In the past, you have defended illegal immigrants by arguing that they (paraphrasing one of your previous... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: How Mexican should I be?

  published February 14, 2013

  Dear Mexican: I'm 39. My stepdad — who raised me — just died. This freed my mother to tell me (stepdad always... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Are Cubans Mexicans with connections?

  published February 7, 2013

  Dear Mexican: The pinche Republicans are making a gigante ruido about their "Hispanic" senators in Congress. Wachale! Lets... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: What's with all the itals?

  published January 31, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Grammar question/rant. If Spanglish is a legitimate dialect/language, why do you feel the need to italicize... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Where Are Cintos Piteados Made?

  published January 24, 2013

  Dear Mexican: In 1983 or 1984, I was walking home from work down Haight Street in San Francisco one evening and stopped... More >>

• Ask a Mexican: Are Mexicans not as Catholic as they're cracked up to be?

  published January 17, 2013

  Dear Mexican: Can you please tell me something? How do you think it's fair that all the people that come to our country and... More >>

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  Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexican men love classic cars?

  published January 10, 2013

  Dear Mexican: What is it about Mexicans and collecting old cars? I have three Mexican neighbors with middle-class incomes but... More >>