uk muslims and especially pakistanis (who are probably the majority muslims there) are an embarrassment to me, personally. The country uk itself has a very backwards culture when it comes to race relations, from what I've felt.
question is, why are they so backwards? if pakistani muslims can do well in a state like texas, why not the uk?
are all pakistani immigrants created equal?
comparing urban, educated, professional pakistanis of educated backgrounds with rural, illiterate, unskilled labour is the issue. Its a politically incorrect yet accurate issue. This was seen in middle east as well when the initial expats who were professionals were outnumbered by unskilled labour , and those were the people who then drove the image of Pakistanis in middle east. It was very evident in KSA where the image of Pakisanis from the 70's to the 80's went down the crapper.
UK is actually doing very well in terms of race relations based on what it hs to deal with, is it perfect, no, but is it better than other places yep. As far as france goes, majority of immigrants there are not rural pakistanis, but algerians, moroccans, tunisians and in general are more progressive than the rural pakistanis. But even then whatever people's perceptions may be, the stats about unemployment and wage levels show that when the rubber meets the road, those perception differences really did not do much.