A journalist from the major French newspaper Le Figaro , Yves Thréard, referred to the French-Moroccan Minister of Culture, , as “the beurette girl who climbed the ranks.” The remark sparked widespread outrage on the left and right. Politicians and anti-racism groups condemned it as a misogynistic and racist slur, showing how the term is used to subtly undermine a powerful woman by reducing her to a stereotypical origin story. This event shows how the political and media elite can casually perpetuate the stereotypes associated with the word “beurette.” On the same day, Dati was also a victim of a bomb threat.