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  1. Ask a Mexican

    Savage Sports Fans and Mexican Overcrowding

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: June 19, 2008

    Dear Mexican, I recently went to a Los Angeles Dodgers game at Dodgers Stadium. It was good to see the familias having fun with their children, pero I then saw and heard...

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    Swimming In Denim and Eating Ice Cream

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: June 12, 2008

    Dear Readers, The Mexican has published only one best-of column in his nearly four years living under his cousin's identity in this country, but I must pull this week's first...

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    Angry Scots and pidgin tongues

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: May 15, 2008

    Dear Readers, My recent column regarding the dissimilarities between Scots and Mexicans provoked a surprising amount of angry responses: Dear Mexican, Having just read Great...

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    High Speed Chases and Blue Roses

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: May 8, 2008

    Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por favor! Now, on to the preguntas... Dear...

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    Celtic Scots and Hispanic Mexicans

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: May 1, 2008

    Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por favor! Now, on to the preguntas... Dear...

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    ASK A MEXICAN

    SPECIAL PAPERBACK EDITION

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: April 24, 2008

    Dear Readers, The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por favor! Now, on to the preguntas... Dear...

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    Press 1 for English

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: April 17, 2008

    Dear Mexican, I work at a Seattle-based company, and our Customer Service Department uses a phone tree system that asks all callers to press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish and a...

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    TAX TIME!

    SPECIAL DÍA DE LOS IMPUESTOS EDITION

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: April 10, 2008

    Dear Mexican, Sitting on my desk is a levy from the Internal Revenue Service for over $12,000 in unpaid taxes. Turns out some dude used my Social Security number for two years...

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    North and South, Red and Brown, Girls and Guns

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: April 3, 2008

    Dear Mexican, Why are indigenous peoples from north of the Rio Grande called redskins and those from south of it called brown-skinned? El Hijo del Paleface Dear...

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    ASK A MEXICAN

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: March 27, 2008

    Dear Mexican, I'm a gay man in his mid-30s who has always loved Mexican men, and this question is not only from my experience, but also that of friends: Why is it that Mexican...

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    Man to Man, Trying to Become Legal

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: March 20, 2008

    Dear Mexican, Since moving to Aztlán from Boston, I've spent so much time with my next-door neighbor from Mexico City that I've taken to using the word manito as a term...

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    A Mexican Riddle

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: March 13, 2008

    Dear Mexican, Mexicans are angry that the United States might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, stay indefinitely. Let...

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    Mexican Godparents and Socialism

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: March 6, 2008

    Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans have padrinos for everything? I never understood why. Can you help me out? The Godfather Fan Dear Wab, Many gabachos have long wondered about...

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    Why won't Mexicans vote for a black man?

    SPECIAL ELECTION EDICIÓN

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: February 28, 2008

    Why won't Mexicans vote for a black man? Hillary Hater Dear Readers, Dozens of ustedes have sent the above question since the Iowa caucuses, forwarded mainstream media...

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    Mexican Problems and the Iberian Peninsula

    Special Spanish Edición

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: February 21, 2008

    Dear Mexican, Why do you suppose Mexico has such a hard time getting its act together? It has vast natural resources, a good climate, natural ports, super-generous and...

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    ASK A MEXICAN: Great Illegals and Mexican Movies

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: February 14, 2008

    Dear Mexican, My parents were Greeks who legally immigrated to the United States in 1920. When it became harder for Greeks to immigrate, they began to jump ship in New...

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    Special Sexy Edition

    Dick size, muff diving and dry humping

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: February 7, 2008

    Dear Mexican, After working with Mexicans for years, I have noticed that Mexican men have a double standard when it comes to homosexuality. Why is it that the "giver" is not...

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    ASK A MEXICAN

    Mexican Dogs and Drunk Driving

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: January 31, 2008

    Dear Readers, Mucho feedback from ustedes re­-garding recent questions about arche­typical Mexican dogs and the propensity of wabs to D.U.I. Let's empezar with the...

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    ASK A MEXICAN

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: January 24, 2008

    Dear Mexican, At a weekly Doors tribute band gig, I've noticed the majority of the crowd is Mexican. I swear, sometimes it seems like the crowd missed the exit to the Lupillo...

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    Drunk Mexicans and Specious Etymologies

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: January 17, 2008

    Dear Mexican, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 60 percent of all automobile-related fatalities for ­Mexican-Americans are caused by drunk...

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