Gustavo Arellano

Ask a Mexican! And why do Mexican men get jealous when Mexican women date hombres of other races?

Gustavo Arellano 08/28/2014 No Comments

Dear Mexican: I see lots of Mexican-Americans struggling in grade school and high school. Many Mexican-American activists claim it’s because they don’t speak English at home or the schools don’t…

Ask a Mexican: Why do whites tan if they hate brown people so much?

Gustavo Arellano 06/12/2014 No Comments

Dear Mexican: If dark-skinned people are so “undesirable,” unwelcome and put down by you gringos, how come you bake in the sun like zopilotes to get dark? Summer is fantasy…

Ask a Mexican: Why don’t Mexicans give good handshakes?

Gustavo Arellano 05/29/2014 No Comments

Dear Mexican: While vacationing in Mexico, a couple of times I have had vendors or waiters address me as chica. I didn’t think much about it at the time, but…

Ask a Mexican: Is “sancho” a euphemism?

Gustavo Arellano 05/08/2014 No Comments

Dear Mexican: I’m a pocha and my husband is a gabacho (by the way, we loved your explanation in your book on why Mexicans and Irish get along so well…

Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexis hang out in the front yard instead of the back?

Gustavo Arellano 01/30/2014 No Comments

Dear Mexican: I am a butt-white Irish guy, happily and stoked to be married to a beautiful Chicana. Her familia is from a gorgeous rancho deep in the corazón of Zacatecas,…

Ask a Mexican: Why do successful Mexi men marry white women?

Gustavo Arellano 11/21/2013 No Comments

Dear Mexican: Long-time reader, first-time writer about this noble Aztlán. I watched the brown pride marches of the early 1970s and heard the shouts of La Raza and how it was…

Ask a Mexican: What does “Viva la Raza” mean?

Gustavo Arellano 08/01/2013 No Comments

Dear Mexican: I’m curious as to the meaning of the term “Viva la Raza” that I have often heard expressed by my friends and family. I know what it translates…

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