Los Angeles Times | OC Weekly
Why do Mexicans sell oranges at freeway offramps? Why do Mexicans need to display the Virgin of Guadalupe everywhere?
Gustavo Arellano publishes the answers in OC Weekly's "Ask a Mexican"
column. He tells
Daniel Hernandez: "The people who write in — they have this preconceived notion of what a Mexican is. I answer their question, but in a way that's either going to flip the stereotype or going to explode it." (
Mark Dancey illustration)