French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has stepped down from her job, shortly before MPs are due to debate plans to strip people convicted of terrorism of their citizenship, reports BBC.Ms Taubira was known to disagree with the controversial proposals.The citizenship plans were put forward after the 13 November Paris attacks in which 130 people were murdered."Sometimes staying on is resisting, sometimes resisting means leaving," she tweeted.Ms Taubira, one of France`s few senior black politicians, has been replaced by Jean-Jacques Urvoas who is seen as a supporter of the constitutional change.Born in French Guiana, Ms Taubira has suffered racist taunts from the far-right during her time as justice minister.