During the late 1850’s, some Americans felt threatened by the increasing amount of Chinese immigrants joining the American Labour Force. In order to make-up their troubled feelings towards Chinese immigrants, California passed The Anti-Coolie Act in 1862 which was $2.50 Police Tax charged to a Chinese immigrant in order to work or carry out business. In short, the Anti-Coolie Act was an attempt to lessen the immigration of Chinese people by demoralizing them through means of low economical income in combination with taxes, intense labour and working conditions, and belittlement towards Chinese employees and their white employers.
The Chinese-American immigrants that sought work in the United States were taken advantage of by white-americans because they needed work, but accepted a very small sum of money and worked in any work environment. Chinese immigrants were given a daily wage of 1$ while white-miners were paid four times that for the same task. (Chiu, Ping Chinese Labor in California 1850-1880p.35 State Hist. Soc. of WI, 2nd printing 1967) Most Chinese …show more content…
This meant that the working conditions did not matter to Chinese employees, they were in America for an attempt to make money to support their families any way possible. As a result, Chinese workers were given select jobs with undesirable working conditions, long hours and cheap wages. A large percentage of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines because it was one of the least desirable jobs for white-men. After they were driven out of gold-mines, one of the few fields of work that accepted Chinese immigrants, they sought out newly discovered Borax mines as a source of employment. These mines were accompanied by hard labour in a grotesque stench and under dim-lighting with increased temperatures due to the decline in
The Chinese-American immigrants that sought work in the United States were taken advantage of by white-americans because they needed work, but accepted a very small sum of money and worked in any work environment. Chinese immigrants were given a daily wage of 1$ while white-miners were paid four times that for the same task. (Chiu, Ping Chinese Labor in California 1850-1880p.35 State Hist. Soc. of WI, 2nd printing 1967) Most Chinese …show more content…
This meant that the working conditions did not matter to Chinese employees, they were in America for an attempt to make money to support their families any way possible. As a result, Chinese workers were given select jobs with undesirable working conditions, long hours and cheap wages. A large percentage of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines because it was one of the least desirable jobs for white-men. After they were driven out of gold-mines, one of the few fields of work that accepted Chinese immigrants, they sought out newly discovered Borax mines as a source of employment. These mines were accompanied by hard labour in a grotesque stench and under dim-lighting with increased temperatures due to the decline in