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    Articles by Gustavo Arellano
    If I Make Your Bed, Can I Stay in Your Country?
    If I Make Your Bed, Can I Stay...
    By Gustavo Arellano • March 11, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Mexicans are angry that the United States might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak…

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    Why Are Mexicans Such Cheap Labor?
    Why Are Mexicans Such Cheap Labor?
    By Gustavo Arellano • March 4, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans have padrinos for everything? I never understood why; can you help me out? The Godfather…

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    Why Won't Mexicans Vote for a Black Man?
    Why Won’t Mexicans Vote for a Black Man?
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 26, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Why won’t Mexicans vote for a black man? Hillary Hater Dear Readers, Dozens of ustedes have sent the…

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    What's Holding Mexico Down?
    What’s Holding Mexico Down?
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 19, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Mexico has vast natural resources, good climate, natural ports, supergenerous and good-looking neighbors, and plenty of laborers whom…

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    Do Mexicans Turn on Their Own?
    Do Mexicans Turn on Their Own?
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 12, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, My parents were Greeks who legally immigrated to the United States in 1920.When it became harder for Greeks…

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    Less Gayer to Give Than Receive?
    Less Gayer to Give Than Receive?
    By Gustavo Arellano • February 5, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, After working with Mexicans for years, I have noticed that Mexican men have a double standard when it…

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    Drinking and Chihuahuas
    Drinking and Chihuahuas
    By Gustavo Arellano • January 29, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Readers: Mucho feedback from ustedes regarding recent questions about archetypical Mexican dogs and the propensity of wabs to DUI….

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    Which Is the Drunker Ethnic Group? And Why?
    Which Is the Drunker Ethnic Group? And Why?
    By Gustavo Arellano • January 15, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Mexican-Americans have the highest proportion of DUIs and alcohol-related traffic…

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    Mexicans? The More the Merrier!
    Mexicans? The More the Merrier!
    By Gustavo Arellano • January 8, 2008 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I feel that the more Mexicans who come to this country, the better. I am a member of…

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    Why Are the Catholics Always Causing Trouble?
    Why Are the Catholics Always Causing Trouble?
    By Gustavo Arellano • December 11, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I’m sad that there aren’t more Mexicans here in the Detroit area. We’re one of the few areas…

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    Why Aren't Mexicans Ambitious?
    Why Aren’t Mexicans Ambitious?
    By Gustavo Arellano • December 4, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I was born in beautiful El Paso, and my parents are from Juaritos. I always wondered why Mexican…

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    Why Must They Batter Barney?
    Why Must They Batter Barney?
    By Gustavo Arellano • November 27, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, With a scant four weeks before I cram my mochila with a few clothes for me and a…

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    What's the Porn Star–Used Car Connection?
    What’s the Porn Star–Used Car Connection?
    By Gustavo Arellano • November 21, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, What’s the deal with Spanish-language car dealership commercials that feature bikini-clad porn star wanna-bes copulating with used cars?…

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    Please Answer This Age-Old Question: Is Lou Dobbs Lying?
    Please Answer This Age-Old Question: Is Lou Dobbs...
    By Gustavo Arellano • November 13, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Is Lou Dobbs right when he says that close to 80 hospitals in California have been closed down…

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    Go Ahead, Exploit Our Holidays, We're Used to It
    Go Ahead, Exploit Our Holidays, We’re Used to...
    By Gustavo Arellano • October 30, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, How do I go to the Mexican grocery store and bakery to buy supplies for our Día de…

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    Dating Mexicans Is Not Slumming
    Dating Mexicans Is Not Slumming
    By Gustavo Arellano • October 23, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Why do so many of my peers assume I must have low self-esteem just because I’m dating a…

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    Why’s the Brown Team So Obsessed With Dead Body Parts?
    Why’s the Brown Team So Obsessed With Dead...
    By Gustavo Arellano • October 16, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, What is it with the Mexican hang-up on body parts? When Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna was…

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    Please Give Me a Good Reason Mexicans Refry Their Beans
    Please Give Me a Good Reason Mexicans Refry...
    By Gustavo Arellano • October 9, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, We were in a restaurant the other day eating some refried beans and green chili, when I overheard…

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    How Do Mexicans Feel About Carlos Mencia?
    How Do Mexicans Feel About Carlos Mencia?
    By Gustavo Arellano • October 2, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I’m a minority, and I know we can be overly sensitive sometimes, but I just can’t stand Carlos…

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    What's the Wait Between Street-Sweeper and Attorney?
    What’s the Wait Between Street-Sweeper and Attorney?
    By Gustavo Arellano • September 25, 2007 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, After the great migration of Jews to this nation, a question was posed: “How long does it take…

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