Ask a mexican was a syndicated satirical weekly newspaper column written by gustavo arellano in the orange county california alternative weekly oc weeklypublication of ask a mexican began in 2004 as a one time spoof but popularity has made it one of the weeklys most popular columns history every week readers submit their questions about mexican american people and culture . Gustavo arellanos ask a mexicancolumn has a circulation of more than two million in thirty eight markets and counting he has received the presidents 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. Ask a mexican gustavo arellano 2 this is a collection of columns written by arellano in californias oc weekly news magazine it was originally suggested by his editor and arellano had been answering his why do mexicans questions for five years he didnt mind being the source of cultural information and figured why not so the column was born its become . Bienvenidos to ask a mexican the worlds foremost authority on americas favorite beaners the mexican can answer any and every question on his race from why mexicans stick the virgin of guadalupe everywhere to our obsession with dwarves and transvestites in the course of his answers the mexican will use certain terms and phrases for better rounded answers. Bienvenidos to ask a mexican the worlds foremost authority on americas favorite beaners the mexican can answer any and every question on his race from why mexicans stick the virgin of guadalupe everywhere to our obsession with dwarves and transvestites in the course of his answers the mexican will use certain terms and phrases for better rounded answers here are the most used