How were Chinese immigrants to california treated? and in what occupations did the chinesse mimigrants succed?
The Chinese faced a lot of anti chinese sentiment in the 1800's when they first came to California. They were easy to discriminate against because they didn't look, speak, dress or act like anglos and they held on to their unique culture. In that era immigrants were expected to assimilate and become part of the "Great American Melting Pot' There are many derogatory images of the "Heathen Chinese" in the press of the day. Just like today's anti immigrant feelings, the Chinese immigrants were pretty much blamed for "taking jobs from the white men." In fact, they usually took the jobs that white men didn't want. They worked as butchers, fish cleaners, did laundry, cooked, cleaned, tanned hides, bore heavy loads, and did the MOST dangerous jobs laying the Transcontinental Rail Road. They were, despite the rampant prejudice against them, excellent workers and one Chinese rail road crew holds the record for laying the most track in one day, 10 miles! They did all these distasteful jobs for less than half of what a white man was paid for the same work not because they wanted to but because the white power holders simply refused to pay them an equal wage. The same tactic was used against black workers for many years as well. In addition, the Chinese were hurt and sometimes killed when race riots broke out. Not only in California but also in New York and other cities. Some of the legal forms of discrimination in California and the US: They were not allowed to testify against a white man in court. Chinese miners were forced to pay an "immigrant miners tax" during the gold rush. This tax which was never imposed on South American, Russian, Canadian, or Mexicans accounted for half the the state of California's tax revenue for the years between 1850 and 1870! They were barred from owning property. In the City of San Francisco the Chinese were forbidden to use poles across their shoulders to carry loads of goods through the street. If a Chinese man went to jail in San Francisco his que [long hair worn in a pony tail down the back, which was a sign of honor and prestige for the chinese] was cut off. And in 1874 the US government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which limited immigration from China to 200 people per year. This was a time when literally 10's of thousands of European Immigrants were landing in numerous US cities every day. The Exclusion Act was in effect until 1944.
What was it like for Chinese immigrants living in 1950s America?
Not much was happening because during that period, the US limited Chinese nationals to 105 visas per year. In prior years, ‘The Chinese Exclusion Act’ kept immigration at zero until it was repealed in 1943. After 1943, the quota of 105 visas was in effect to 1965.“The Magnuson Act, also known as the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943, was immigration legislation proposed by U.S. Representative (later Senator) Warren G. Magnuson of Washington and signed into law on December 17, 1943, in the United States. It allowed Chinese immigration for the first time since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and permitted Chinese nationals already residing in the country to become naturalized citizens. This marked the first time since the Naturalization Act of 1790 that any Asians were permitted to be naturalized.It was passed during World War II, when China was a welcome ally to the United States. It limited Chinese immigrants to 105 visas per year selected by the government. That quota was supposedly determined by the Immigration Act of 1924, which set immigration from an allowed country at 2% of the number of people who were already living in the United States in 1890 of that nationality. Chinese immigration later increased with the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, but was in fact set ten times lower.”History of Chinese Americans - WikipediaSo, America, the land of the free, ““Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” https://www.theatlantic.com/ente... rang hollow for Chinese immigrants. For immigrants who built the railroad from west to east and their descendants, they along with other Asian immigrants were still targets of discrimination and racial bias. Their hopes lay with their children. Their hope was to see their children rise in America’s citizenry because they believed in American Democracy, warts and all. Their children are their legacy of a hard life of exclusion from citizenship, exclusion from land ownership, exploitation of cheap labor, and racial discrimination. America’s greatness is from immigrants, all immigrants.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Yes ur right =] It was passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years. The law, which repudiated the 1868 Burlingame Treaty promising free immigration between the United States and China, was one in the succession of laws produced by a national anti-Chinese movement. Limited federal intervention began as early as the 1862 regulation of "coolies"; the Page Law of 1875 purported to prevent the entry of "Oriental" prostitutes but precluded the immigration of most Asian women.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented Chinese immigrants from entering the country. In Section 2 of the Act, it states that any ship Captain bringing a vessel with any "[..] Chinese laborer[s], from any foreign port of place[..]" shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Given the limiting factors of the rest of the act, we can take this to mean that it limits any Chinese person trying to enter the United States from any place. The rest of the document does not specify where Chinese immigrants need to be from for their immigration to be an issue. The issue was that they were ethnically Chinese, not just that they were physically coming from China. The Chinese Exclusion Act did not affect European immigration. Legislation excluding or limiting Japanese (The Gentleman's Agreement) and other Asian immigration (Asiatic Barred Zone Act) did follow afterwards. These acts paved the way for certain immigration caps and barring Asian immigration in the 1920s. Your local library will be able to direct you to additional resources for immigration and government documents! - Jane, A Librarian In Training
Why was the chinese exclusion act passed?
look up at Google, they will tell u the real reason, still a racism thing,
How do immigrants who come to the U.S. with nothing start a business?
Oh… we immigrants sure have this stereotype, don’t we… We came from a shithole country to your golden land of opportunity, we brought nothing and yet took every advantage of your fair society, we took your jobs, we took your welfare which you paid taxes for… We opened up stupid cheap stores in your neighborhood, and yet refused to assimilate to your culture, we insisted on keeping our own weird food and weird holidays.WHY?Well… perhaps you should ask if first.My family came on an EB-1A visa. Do you know what that is? It's called Alien of extraordinary ability. I entered your fair country on a Green Card, with a fucking social security number waiting for me. I have paid 10 times the regular tuition fee for my first year of college because I wasn't a resident, and my parents didn't want me to waste a year of my life not going to college. I've paid taxes the moment I started making money, like every US citizen, so have my parents.A friend of mine, both of his parents were doctors, cardiologist and immunologist. They worked as doctors for 30 years in US, their daughter went to Harvard and now works for Morgan Stanley. Another family friend, the couple was doing import export business between China and US, paid taxes all the same. (my friend, a psychology major, wasn't nearly as brilliant as his sister, as he often said so himself… but that's besides the point, and I like him more than his sister.)In fact, nobody in my circle of Chinese immigrants owns a restaurant or dry clean store or whatever the fuck you think we immigrant must do. They're lawyers, college professors, doctors, real estate agents…All of them probably pay a lot more taxes than your average Bible-thumping Trump loving republicans who didn't finish the fucking high school, and think we took their precious coal-mining jobs.Not all immigrants come to your fucking country poor and broke with nothing but clothing on their backs. A lot of us came here with money, assets, knowledge, skills… We brought value to United States, and that's why the immigration granted us citizenship. Because we're fucking valuable and your fair country wants us here.Nothing wrong with coming here with nothing and make something out of themselves. But please… keep your fucked up “stereotypical immigrant" story to yourself.
What do you think of the Chinese immigrants in the UK?
I believe that immigration is generally a good thing. Chinese immigration is little different to other immigration. Usually immigration does not only include only good people, some are bad, unproductive, or criminals. This is similar to our own society and societies around the world.Immigration is not without negative effects, or difficulties. There are limits to how many people can be integrated in a country. These limits are both for rate and total. It is impossible to accurately estimate how many are too many. Clearly, the UK could not support 1 billion Chinese coming to the UK.There are other issues such as the ease of deportation of criminals, or those that are abusing the welfare system. These are matters that are more easily dealt with and more tangible.Sometimes we have a moral responsibility to accept immigrants out of compassion, or because our foreign policy has turned them into refugees. It is true that we could refuse to accept that responsibility, but is that what we want?Immigration cannot be a free for all, regulation is necessary. Overall immigration is a huge benefit and the negative aspects are often exaggerated. Of course, this is my opinion and the facts are difficult to find and quantify.