‘¡Ask a Mexican!’ Columnist Says ‘Adios’*

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  03.28.08 | 1:23 PM ET

Gustavo Arellano has retired his informative and, in some quarters, controversial ‘¡Ask a Mexican!’ column in the OC Weekly. “It’s no longer necessary to explain Mexicans to Americans because Mexicans are Americans,” he writes in his farewell note.

Update: April 2, 10:27 ET: Not so fast. Looks like Arellano was just playing an April Fool’s Day joke—five days early. I bit, and so did everyone else, Arellano says, except his best friend and one blogger.

Tags: Global Village, North America, Mexico, United States, California, News and Briefs


1 Comment for ‘¡Ask a Mexican!’ Columnist Says ‘Adios’*

Vicente Cueto 06.14.08 | 1:09 PM ET

The only real americans are the indians that lived in America for thousands of years before anyone else, the rest are just new kids in town, wether they speak english, spanish, spanglish, etc…

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