"Beur" is "verlan", which is to say inverted slang for "Arabe", inflected by the idea of Berber. "Les Beurs" are the Arabs of France, North African by origin.
This is the great challenge of France, to assimilate les Beurs.
54 posted on 06/01/2005 10:16:36 PM PDT by Vicomte13
(Et alors?)