Portrait of the Artist as a Young Geek

Oh, I agree that they haven't been successfully assimilationist. The point is that their attitude has been that migrants must assimilate to French culture (without, at least as a broad generalization, making it possible for this to actually happen). Calling that "multiculturalism" is just an empty attempt to point at a distaster and claim ideological points for (which is the mission of the day for most commentary on the French riots anyhow).