Gustavo Arellano is the Los Angeles Times' newest California columnist.
If you’re Latino in California, even if you have the luxury of a white-collar job, it’s almost a certainty that COVID-19 will stalk the life of someone you love.“Guide me,” I asked Ruben. I offered a toast, poured a splash of the dry Spanish wine on the floor directly in front of his niche, and then took a swig myself.
A sea breeze cut through the muggy morning air as I headed back to my Yukon. Then I remembered my good manners.I returned to Ruben’s niche, wiped down the puddle of Manzanilla in front of him, and went off to work.A 2012 photo of Gustavo Arellano, then editor of the OC Weekly and author of the syndicated ¡Ask a Mexican! column.For nearly 13 years, I wrote a column called ¡Ask a Mexican!, where I mocked the very idea of a “Latino columnist.
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