¡Ask a Mexican!

Gustavo Arellano at the 2012 Texas Book Festival.

¡Ask a Mexican! is a syndicated weekly newspaper column written by Gustavo Arellano in the Orange County, California, United States alternative weekly OC Weekly. "¡Ask a Mexican!" was first published in 2004 as a one-time spoof, but it ended up becoming one of the weekly's most popular columns.[1]

Every week, readers submit their questions about Mexican-American people and culture, including their customs, labor issues, and illegal immigration. Arellano usually responds to two queries a week[2] in a politically incorrect manner often starting with the words "Dear Gabacho." The column appears in about a dozen newspapers across the country.[3] Arellano has won numerous awards for the column, including the 2006 and 2008 Best Non-Political Column in a large-circulation weekly from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, the 2007 Presidents Award from the Los Angeles Press Club and an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and a 2008 Latino Spirit award from the California Latino Legislative Caucus.[4]

The columns were collected in book form in 2008 as ¡Ask a Mexican! (Scribners, ISBN 978-1416540038).

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Hernandez, "Inquiring Gringos Want to Know", Banderas News, September 2006. Accessed 2010-10-21.
  2. ↑ Tim Gaynor, "Confused by your neighbors? Then Ask a Mexican!", Reuters, 1 May 2007. Accessed 2010-10-21.
  3. ↑ "Ep. 213: Jeff and Dan "Ask A Mexican" with Author and Journalist Gustavo Arellano" (Podcast). Virtue in the Wasteland. 00:05:16. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017. ...it used to be, at it's height, ... in 39 markets across the United States. Unfortunately with the death of journalism ... I gotta make a new census, but at this point I'd say about 12 newspapers...
  4. ↑ "Gustavo Arellano". Simon & Shuster Authors. Simon & Schuster, Inc. Retrieved 2 March 2017. He has received the President’s Award from the Los Angeles Press Club, an Impact Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and a 2008 Latino Spirit Award from the California State legislature.
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