Editing Model minority (section)

==France==
{{see also|Vietnamese people in France|Laotians in France}}

===French Vietnamese===
The Vietnamese in France are the most well-established [[overseas Vietnamese]] community outside eastern Asia, as well as [[Asian French|Asian ethnic group in France]], with roughly 139,000 Vietnamese immigrants living in France.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-02-10|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|access-date=2021-04-12|website=migrationpolicy.org|language=en}}</ref> While the level of integration among immigrants and their place in French society have become prominent issues in France in the past decade, French media and politicians generally view the Vietnamese community as a model minority.<ref name=vietnamienne>{{cite web |url=http://www.tinparis.net/fr_societe/diaspora_viet.html |title=La diaspora vietnamienne |publisher=Tinparis.net |access-date=2015-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220959/http://www.tinparis.net/fr_societe/diaspora_viet.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This is in part because they are represented as having a high degree of integration within French society, in addition to their economic and academic success. A survey in 1988 asking French citizens which immigrant ethnic group they believe to be the most integrated in French society saw the Vietnamese ranked fourth, behind only the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese communities.<ref name=vietnamienne />

The educational attainment rate of the Vietnamese population in France is the highest among overseas Vietnamese populations, a legacy that dates back to the [[French Indochina|colonial era of Vietnam]], when privileged families and those with connections to the colonial government often sent their children to France to study.<ref name=vietnamienne /> In addition to high achievement in education, the Vietnamese population in France is also largely successful economically. When the first major wave of Vietnamese migrants arrived in France during [[World War I]], a number of migrants already held professional occupations in their new country shortly after their arrival. More recently, refugees who arrived in France after the [[Fall of Saigon]] are often more financially stable than their counterparts who settled in North America, Australia and the rest of Europe, due to better linguistic and cultural knowledge of the host country, which allowed them to enter the education system and/or higher paying professions with little trouble.<ref name=diaspora>{{cite web |url=http://eglasie.mepasie.org/divers-horizons/1995-10-16-la-diaspora-vietnamienne-en-france-un-cas |title=La Diaspora Vietnamienne En France Un Cas Particulier: La Region Parisienne — Eglises D'Asie |publisher=Eglasie.mepasie.org |date=1995-10-16 |access-date=2015-02-24 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000103/http://eglasie.mepasie.org/divers-horizons/1995-10-16-la-diaspora-vietnamienne-en-france-un-cas |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within a single generation, the median income for French-born Vietnamese has risen above the French median income.<ref name=diaspora />

===French Laotians===
Similarly to the Vietnamese, the Laotian community in France is one of the most well-integrated into the country and is the most established [[Laotian diaspora|overseas Laotian]] populace.<ref name="jeunesse">{{cite web|url=http://sayasackp.free.fr/connaitrejeunesse.htm|title=Histoires & Légendes du Laos|publisher=Sayasackp.free.fr|access-date=2015-02-24}}</ref> Unlike their counterparts in North America and Australia, Laotians in France have a high rate of educational success and are well-represented in the academic and professional sectors, especially among the generations of French-born Lao.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bouvier |first1=Hélène |last2=Smith |first2=Glenn |chapter=Ethnographie des Réfugiés Lao en Milieu Urbain |trans-chapter=Ethnography of Lao Refugees in Urban Regions |chapter-url=http://sayasackp.online.fr/texte/ethnicity.pdf#page=77 |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Glenn |editor-last2=Bouvier |editor-first2=Hélène |title=Ethnicité: Regards Entrecroisés |trans-title=Ethnicity: Mixed Views |page=[http://sayasackp.online.fr/texte/ethnicity.pdf#page=113 83] |language=fr}}</ref> Due to better linguistic and cultural knowledge of the host country, Laotian immigrants to France, who largely came as refugees after the end of the [[Laotian Civil War]], were able to assimilate at a high rate.

===Criticism===
According to the French antiracist activist [[Grace Ly]], the model minority myth is associated with the South-East Asian community in France.<ref name="EU" />
Ly denounces the positive stereotypes associated with the Asian community in France in her book ''Model Young Girl'' (''Jeune fille modèle'').<ref>{{cite news |last=Gourdon |first=Jessica |date=22 January 2022 |title=Grace Ly, autrice : " Quand ma mère me parlait devant l'école, j'entendais les moqueries, les imitations d'accent " |trans-title= |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2022/01/22/grace-ly-autrice-quand-ma-mere-me-parlait-devant-l-ecole-j-entendais-les-moqueries-les-imitations-d-accent_6110519_4401467.html |language=French |work= Le Monde|location= |access-date=16 August 2022}}</ref> Notably in France, however, the persistent official policy of "color blindness" makes the concept of minorities, and policies to counter racism, different in modern French culture from America and the UK.<ref>{{cite web|author-last=Bleich | author-first=Erik | title=Race Policy in France|date=May 1, 2001|url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/race-policy-in-france/}}</ref> This however, is and should be considered as distinct from actual expressions of prejudice in France, regardless of official policy.