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Beur (pronounced [bœʁ]), or alternatively rebeu, is a colloquial term, sometimes considered pejorative, in French to designate European-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from the Maghreb.[1] The equivalent term for a female beur is a beurette. However, the term beurette is condemned and criticized by several anti-racist organizations because of the xenophobic and degrading connotation that this word has taken on over the decades (in particular because of the fetishization of North African women in France as well as an insult stemming from colonialism:[2][3][4][5] for several years the racial category beurette was the most popular in France on porn sites).[citation needed] The term rebeu is neither applicable to females nor does it have a female version.
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- ^ "Oui, "beurette" est une insulte". MeltingBook (in French). 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "Salima Tenfiche : " Le terme "beurette" montre que le corps des femmes arabes est le dernier territoire de conquête coloniale "" (in French). 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "" Le mot "Beurette", c'était le symbole de l'intégration républicaine avant d'être une insulte " - Radio Nova" (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "Et si on arrêtait d'employer le mot " beurette " ? - URBANIA FR". urbania.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-31.