The description of a recent episode of the famous series with Mimi Mathy presents the young woman on whom it is centered as being "a beurette of suburbs", a racist term which triggered anger on social networks.
Last night, Sunday May 31, the channel TF1 released a new episode of its flagship series Joséphine Guardian Angel. In this episode titled "Yasmina", the angel embodied by Mimi Mathy came to the aid of a young woman who wanted to join a large cosmetics company. In the summary of the episode, the young woman was described as "a suburban beurette". These words, considered particularly racist and sexist, have created a real controversy on social networks.
Indeed, Internet users were particularly surprised and shocked to see TF1 use the term of "beurette". The Web then accused the chain of racism and of perpetrating stereotypes with the use with this pejorative word. We even found a hashtag "TF1Raciste" trending on Twitter since it was one of the subjects that internet users discussed the most on this Monday. "The word "beurette" is a derogatory and racist term much too commonplace nowadays "," "Beurette from suburbs" what is your concern ???? Already that your broadcasts are more than mediocre you allow yourself to use racist and degrading misogynistic words I dream "," TF1 which perpetuates the cliché that the Maghreb woman dreams only of freeing herself from her 'suburbs' while using a racist, sexist and degrading word really disgusts me ", could we read in particular in reaction.
Others also denounced the hypersexualization of Maghreb women implied by the word "beurette"Many women then counterattacked with the hashtag #I'm not a beurette which has grown enormously on Twitter. "When women of North African / North African origin tell you that the term" beurette "is pejorative, racist, misogynistic & degrading, listen to them, learn, deconstruct and respect. It is the minimum to listen to the main people concerned , right? #JeNeSuis pas pas uneBeurette ", wrote a young woman on the social network. "I am a woman of Moroccan origin, I grew up in a working-class district, I have two master's degrees. I am a high school teacher and sportswoman. My father and my brothers support me in my life choices, I am free and #I'm not a girl. ", assured another user.
Joséphine Guardian Angel already sparked controversy last summer with an episode devoted to slavery which had not frankly convinced Internet users. In addition, some users of Twitter recalled that the term "beurette"was previously used in another episode of the series, which aired in 2001.
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