Mimie Mathy at the heart of a racist scandal despite herself: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

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Sunday December 31, 2020, TF1 re-broadcast an episode of the series "Joséphine Guardian Angel", baptized Yasmina. In the description of the first channel’s soap, the term "suburban beurette"was used to detail the profile of Yasmina's character, a young woman wishing to join a large cosmetics company. A designation that made people react and propelled the hashtag "# TF1RACISTE"in TT France, on Twitter. "What a shame @ TF1 # TF1RACISTE
As usual, it is the story of a Maghreb who will be saved by a white man from the clutches of the bad Maghreb. Without forgetting the use of a racist term towards the Maghreb community, in 2020, shame. " or "Yasmina 'beurette' 'de banlieue': racism, sexism, social contempt are expressed without embarrassment on TF1. This symbolic violence suffered by so many of our fellow citizens contributes to the reproduction of discrimination when it does not fuel physical violence."are some of the comments that you could read on the social network to the bluebird.

Mimie Mathy spared from the accusations

Besides criticism of the racist connotation of the term "beurette", Internet users have also pointed out the hypersexualization of Maghreb women that this word would imply, as explained by Huffingtonpost. The heroine of the series, Mimie mathy, was not targeted by tweets, but nevertheless found itself at the heart of the controversy, its image being associated with Josephine, guardian angel since its creation in 1997.

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