Why Gustavo Arellano's OC Weekly departure highlights the endangered status of Latinos in media

It began as a lark: a satirical advice column in which readers could write in and ask a question - any question - of the Mexican columnist. And the questions poured in. Why do Mexicans love dancing so much? Why do Mexicans call each other guey? Why do so many Mexicans whistle to communicate?

To these missives, most of which can't be reprinted in their entirety due to salty language, Gustavo Arellano would duly respond in his "Ask a Mexican" column, published in the pages of the OC Weekly:

One reader wrote in to ask why cholos love Old English fonts then ended the missive by stating: "They're ugly, just like everything about your culture."

Arellano's withering reply: "Dear Racist: The popularity of Old English script is a prison phenomenon that transcends race - just check out some of the tats on your white-supremacist cousins