Of course it's offensive. That's the Mexican that's been in the minds of Americans for many years. By running it week after week, it loses its power.
"Gustavo Arellano" is the publisher and editor of Orange County, California/Orange County's alternative weekly OC Weekly, and the author of the column ¡Ask a Mexican!, which is syndicated nationally.[http://www.tmi2day.com/2008/11/20/interview-with-%E2%80%9C%C2%A1ask-a-mexican%E2%80%9D-and-orange-county-a-personal-history-author-gustavo-arellano/ Interview with “¡Ask a Mexican!” author Gustavo Arellano] Arellano has won numerous awards for the column, including the 2006 and 2008 Best Non-Political Column in a large-circulation weekly from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, the 2007 Presidents Award from the Los Angeles Press Club and an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and a 2008 Latino Spirit award from the California Latino Legislative Caucus.
The columns were collected in book form in 2008 as ¡Ask a Mexican!. Arellano has published two further books: Orange County: A Personal History (Scribners, 2008, ISBN 978-1416540045), and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (Scribners, 2012, ISBN 978-1439148617)
More Gustavo Arellano on Wikipedia.Once they put me on the air, they realize I'm not about bashing Mexicans. I'm about ending hatred and racism against Mexicans.
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