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    Articles by Gustavo Arellano
    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • October 7, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, This is going to sound absolutely and totally Caucasian. Lately, we have been trying to lighten the mood…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • September 29, 2011 12:00 am

    SPECIAL GOOD GABACHO/EVIL ALABAMA EDITIONDear Mexican, I learned Spanish in school as a teen. Then, it seems, because I was…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • September 22, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I hear that at the last Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing about redistricting, some lady accused…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • September 8, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I live in upstate New York (that’s any part of the state north of the city, for you…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • September 6, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I’m a young white dude who drives to work every day, and on my daily commute, I get…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • August 26, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I see a lot of vatos around wearing the clam-digger pants with the knee-high white socks and white…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • August 17, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Readers, Your faithful Mexican is putting the final touches to his coming magnum opus, Taco USA: How Mexican Food…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • August 10, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Here is my problem: I was raised in a typical gabacho family. My siblings and I all enjoyed…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • July 28, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, A few years back when I was in high school, my social studies teacher and the leader of…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • July 22, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Merida in the Yucatan. We…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • July 8, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Say the immigrant makes a few bucks and goes back to his/her hometown. Think they’ll put up with…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • June 30, 2011 12:00 am

    Special Soccer Edición Dear Readers, Ever since the Mexican national soccer team thrashed the American side 4-2 in last month’s…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • June 23, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Just suppose that all of the southwestern United States had remained in Mexican hands. Would the Mexicans have…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • June 15, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I’m a white girl dating a Mexican from Jalisco who works for my dad. There lies the problem….

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • June 8, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I’m new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • June 2, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, There are many who give lip service to border security. You may or may not be one of…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • May 18, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, What happened to my friend? She is white (Irish—her only aunt was a Catholic nun!), she grew up…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • May 11, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, I can’t help thinking of Mexico as a Tea Party paradise. Mexican taxes are very low. There are…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • April 28, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Please settle a dispute. I’m an Anglo living and working in Mexico for years, in Culiacán, Sinaloa (I…

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    Ask a Mexican!
    Ask a Mexican!
    By Gustavo Arellano • April 27, 2011 12:00 am

    Dear Mexican, Why does every Mexican rap/hip-hop song always contain the lyrics “No paramos,” “Nunca paramos,” or some other logically…

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