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Beur (or alternatively, Rebeu ) is a pejorative term 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 . The term rebeu is neither applicable to females nor does it have a female version. The term date back from the French colonial era, and aims to sexualize Maghrebian women. It is associated with the pornographic fantasies of white Europeans dominating submissive and sex-thirsty Maghrebian women. The French historian Christelle Taraud discovered that the week following the conquest of Algiers, France put in place a sex-market that nourished the erotico-violent imaginary of the French settlers. Such fantasms are still trending in contemporaries pornographic productions and in French societies. The word beur was coined using verlan for the word rebeu , which means Maghrebians in French since the late 1990s This term is now the dominant term used by the younger generations (under 30). The word beurette , the female version of beur , is created by adding the -ette female suffix in French. In French many slang words are created by simply reversing the word in terms of spelling and then reading it out. Because of French grammar rules, the new word is usually completely different from the result of reversing the word phonetically. The word beurgeois is derived from a combination of the words beur and bourgeois . The term is slightly familiar and not advised in formal speech with respect to etiquette though it will be used in the media. The term beur is used to refer to all the Berber and Arab-Berber from the Maghreb born in France . The term beur is of French origin, and as such was traditionally mostly used in French-speaking European countries such as France (where the term originates), Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg and Switzerland, as well as in the Maghreb . Due to cultural integration between such peoples across Europe, the term is now popular in other parts of Europe with a large Maghrebi community, such as the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy. Someone who is a Maghrebi from Europe is not necessarily a beur : the term is applied to those who have a hybrid culture between their Maghrebi roots and their status as someone who was born and raised in Europe. There is a big difference between a French Moroccan and a beur , for instance. There is a strong identity and solidarity between these people that exists irrespective of which Maghrebi country one comes from, nor the European country they were raised in: a French Algerian will see another French Algerian as they would a French Moroccan , a Belgium Moroccan or a Belgian Algerian . The term can apply to people of any ethnicity or religion, such as Maghrebi Arabs , Berbers , Maghrebi Jews , Pieds-Noirs or even Blacks who originate from the Maghreb. Since 1992, the BEUR.FM radio station has broadcast nationwide (106.7 FM in Paris ). It specializes in North African Arab music and other genres (funk, rap, ... ) discussion, and news. Accessed 2011-04-25 Sonya Faure, « Colonies : les racines d’un racisme nommé désir », sur liberation.fr, 21 septembre 2018 (consulté le 23 septembre 2018) BEUR.FM .2
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Beur is a colloquial term to designate French-born people whose parents are immigrants from North Africa .The word was coined by reversing the syllables of the word arabe , which means Arabic or Arab in French.The term is slightly pejorative and not advised in formal speech with respect to etiquette .Since the late 1990s, a lot of young people use the twice-verlanised term rebeu as a synonym.A female beur can be called a beurette .Look up beur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Beurs have their origin in the countries of the Maghreb ( Morocco , Tunisia , Algeria ).
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Beur is a colloquial term to designate French-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from North Africa .It is also frequently applied to other Europeans with a North African origin, such as those in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK. The word was coined by reversing the syllables of the word arabe , which means Arabic or Arab in French. The term is slightly familiar and not advised in formal speech with respect to etiquette .The term Beur is used to refer to all the Arabs from either Maghreb or Mashreq areas of the Arab world born in France .Since the late 1990s, a lot of young people have used the twice- verlanised term rebeu as a synonym. A female beur can be called a beurette . The word beurgeois is derived from a combination of the words beur and bourgeois .Since 1992, the BEUR.FM radio station has broadcast nationwide (106.7 FM in Paris ).It specializes in North African Arab music and other genres (funk, rap,...) discussion, and news.
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French colloquial term describing people whose parents immigrated from Maghreb The Moroccan-French comedian Jamel Debbouze in 2016.Beur ( ), 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 . 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 : for several years the racial category "Beurette" was the most popular in France on porn sites). The term rebeu is neither applicable to females nor does it have a female version.
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French colloquial term describing people whose parents immigrated from the Maghreb For other uses, see Beur (disambiguation) . The Moroccan-French comedian Jamel Debbouze in 2016. 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 . 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 : for several years the racial category beurette was the most popular in France on porn sites). The term rebeu is neither applicable to females nor does it have a female version. Accessed 2011-04-25 "Oui, "beurette" est une insulte" ."Salima Tenfiche : " Le terme "beurette" montre que le corps des femmes arabes est le dernier territoire de conquête coloniale " " (in French). 2021-05-05 ." " Le mot "Beurette", c'était le symbole de l'intégration républicaine avant d'être une insulte " - Radio Nova" (in French) ."Et si on arrêtait d'employer le mot " beurette " ? - URBANIA FR" . urbania.fr (in French) .
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colloquial term to designate french-born people whose parents are immigrants from north africa
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pejorative term in french to designate european-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from t
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