Ask a mexican was a syndicated satirical weekly newspaper column written by gustavo arellano in the orange county california alternative weekly oc weekly publication 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. Gustavo arellanos ask a mexican column 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 arellano has appeared on the today show nightline nprs talk of the nation and the colbert report for more information visit askamexicannet. What is ask a mexican questions and answers about our spiciest americans i explore the cliches of lowriders busboys and housekeepers drunks and scoundrels heroes and celebrities and most important millions upon millions of law abiding patriotic american citizens and their illegal immigrant cousins who represent some 600 billion in economic power. 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. Since 2004 gustavo arellano has written the wildly popular and wildly politically incorrect ask a mexican column in the oc weekly in each installment the california born arellano answers