BY BENJAMIN ARIE
NOVEMBER 23, 2018 AT 8:18AM

Decades from now, historians may look back and declare that 2018 was the year the word “racist” lost all meaning.

It used to be that the ugly word had a specific definition. If someone believes that people are inferior based only on their race, well, he or she is a racist.

That doesn’t, however, mean that any and every issue involving somebody with dark skin is automatically racist. If a news report mentions that police are looking for a black suspect, for example, that isn’t racism — it’s a useful, factual description of the person.

This distinction seems to be entirely lost on the left, which has taken to labeling anybody it disagrees with as “racist” — including Mexicans. The reason? They’re starting to speak out against unrestricted migrant caravans.

Over the last several days, residents of Tijuana, Mexico, have been protesting against thousands of border crossers who clashed with police and surged into Mexico. Many Mexicans feel that Central American aliens are taking advantage of their country, which has its own problems right now.

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In response, left-leaning news outlets within Mexico started labeling their actions as “racism.” Frontera, for instance, declared that Tijuana residents upset with their city being overrun were “rac