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Tuesday, August 31,2010
Ask a Mexican

Special Labor Dia Edition

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: I’m a naturalized citizen born in Ciudad Juarez (the most dangerous city in the world, thanks to the drug cartels) but I work for la migra.
Tuesday, August 24,2010
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Difficult Life & Hiking

By Gustavo Arellano
I’m a Mexican con un pie aquí y un pie allá, and I have to admit that it is difficult to be a Mexican these days ...
Tuesday, August 17,2010
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Understanding Mormons & Mexicans

By Gustavo Arellano
The real reason why Mormons had such good luck at converting Mexicans is that the missionaries and even past prophets have told Latinos that they are the descendants of Lamanites ...
Tuesday, August 10,2010
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Gotham Tacos

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: As a proud New Yorker, I gotta ask: What the fuck is up with Mexican food in this city? Sure, we’re used to getting owned by California and Texas ...
Tuesday, August 3,2010
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E-mails & Activists

By Gustavo Arellano
The truth is like a Mexican: It can be ignored, spat upon, ridiculed, even deported, but it wins out. It perseveres.
Tuesday, July 27,2010
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The '50s, Translations & Panochas

By Gustavo Arellano
Racist gabachos in the 1950s, translating The Mexican, and panocha defined.
Tuesday, July 20,2010
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Mexican Mormons & Jalisco Snobs

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: I heard Mormonism is a quickly spreading religion down in ye olde Mexico. What is it about this religion that a lot of Mexicans find so fascinating?
Tuesday, July 13,2010
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Pictures of His Ex & Imprisoned Illegals

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: Most Mexicans I know (myself included) feel it’s a terrible disrespect to keep old photos around of you and your ex. I’d never keep pictures of me and an ex around to try and
Tuesday, July 6,2010
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White Girl Fiesta, Questioning the 14th Amendment & Hot Girls on Mexican TV

By Gustavo Arellano
I’m a (poor) white girl myself, but I have to ask: What’s the deal with all the rich white girls playing such a big role in Fiesta? Why is it always rich white girls who get crowned?
Tuesday, June 29,2010
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The Racism Test, in Verse

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Readers: The Arizona pendejas have emboldened hundreds of Know Nothings in the past week to boast to the Mexican that they’re not racist if they support Senate Bill 1070 ...
 
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