If we strictly look at unemployment figures as a sign of how well the society is integrated, the situation in America is actually far worse. Statistically, African American unemployment is twice as high as White unemployment compared to France, where the unemployment among people of French origin is only 55% lower than that of the immigrant population.
See? This is what happens when people don't pay attention to their seventh-grade math lessons on fractions. (Now you know why my pre-calculus freshmen students hated my guts). Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
US Ratio is 10% : 5% or 2:1 as you correctly pointed out. French Ratio (if we look at the original post) 14% : 9.2% or actually 1.52:1, which is a much better situation than what you paint in your post. Not to mention the fact that Jerome's post from below shows an even smaller difference between unemployment rates for immigrants and locals. I appreciate your statistical vigor, but I got my ratios down pretty well, thanks :) Mikhail from SF
In the case of the US,
