France’s left-wing parties came in support of the Morocco-French minister of culture Rachida Dati, a right-wing politician, after a renowned journalist referred to the North African minister using a racist slur. “There are also people who identify with her (Rachida Dati) because she’s the beurette girl who climbed the ranks, who succeeded,” said Yves Thréard, an editorialist at the daily newspaper Le Figaro, in an interview with France 5 on Monday, 5 February. The interview in question went viral on social media three days later, sparking a wide controversy on normalised racism, misogyny and O…