¡Ask a Mexican! - The weekly syndicated column ¡Ask a Mexican! uses edgy humor and sarcasm to explain everything you ever wanted to know about Mexicans — but were afraid to ask.

If you ask Gustavo Arellano why his ¡Ask a Mexican! column is so popular, he’ll tell you it’s because everybody in the United States is interested in Mexicans.

“Even if it’s because they like them or they hate them, Americans love everything Mexican, especially today,” Arellano said from his office at the Orange County Weekly.

In the introduction to his book, a collection of some of the best columns published in the first two years of ¡Ask a Mexican!, Arellano writes: “Who doesn’t love Mexicans? Whether they’re family, friends, or the gold-toothed wetbacks you (heart to) hate, Mexicans have been the focus of America’s obsession from the days of Sam Houston to today’s multinational corporations. “*

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