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Wednesday, November 4,2009
Ask a Mexican

Gabachos, Beaners & Hermanos

By Gustavo Arellano
Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white people and act like they’re not there?
Wednesday, October 28,2009
Ask a Mexican

Why do Mexicans hate Salvadorans?

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the huge mistake of marrying...
Wednesday, October 21,2009
Ask a Mexican

Cultivating Chicas & Menacing Mariachis

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: As a teacher, we've been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the achievement gap between majority and minority students.
Wednesday, October 14,2009
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Uninsured Mexican Motorists & Xavier

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: An uninsured wetback just hit my car and totaled his. He had no insurance and no license, but did have a nice cell phone. I asked him, in my limited Spanish, if he was OK...
Wednesday, October 7,2009
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Best Of The Mexican: So-Cal Mexican Dining

By Gustavo Arellano
If the pupusa is king in El Salvador, then the country's tamales fall somewhere between viscount and baron in its culinary peerage: a standard but by no means a necessary component.
Wednesday, September 30,2009
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Canadians, Mother-In-Law & Surnames

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: As a Mexican-American, I've lived in St. Louis for about 17 years and have seen a substantial influx of my brethren. Nevertheless, I'm for border security...
Wednesday, September 23,2009
Ask a Mexican

That Gato Garfield & The Alamo

By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: In Garfield strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier this year...
Wednesday, September 16,2009
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The Reconquista, Mexican Statehood

By Gustavo Arellano
We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it's a genuine movement, well underway.
Wednesday, September 9,2009
Ask a Mexican

Special El Edition

By Gustavo Arellano
Why do Mexicans make the sign of mucho dinero with a gap between their thumb and index fingers...
Wednesday, September 2,2009
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Unwed Mexicanas & Unchecked Illegal Immigration

By Gustavo Arellano
I am a 22-year-old Mexican-American woman still living with my parents but going to college, working full-time and taking care of myself financially.
 
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