What sort of discrimination did Chinese immigrant face in the 1800

Answer 1

I assume you are relating the question to life in America, beginning with colonization times and including the Western expansion of America. Since I don't know your age, I will try to explain the history without offending your sensibilities. Chinese immigrants were treated as middle- or lower-class workers who found jobs in places like food establishments, railroad construction, washing/drying/ironing/mending buildings, women's sewing factories, etc. A few elite Chinese immigrants established themselves in the top levels-of-society at that time. They were very gifted individuals. In established cities such as New York, they created China Town districts to keep their cultural heritage intact and move into power positions in their districts. Some China Town inhabitants hid gambling activities behind closed doors in well-known and frequented family-owned restaurants. Others secured opium and other illegal drugs to increase their wealth by encouraging the weak of American society to use drugs, etc. in opium dens, etc. Life was hard for these immigrants, in general, especially if policing authorities found their illegal gambling and drug rooms. Even if they became U.S. citizens at that time, their lives were precarious, since they depended upon the goodwill of other Americans to support their roles in society. (my opinion based upon what I learned in American History, PBS documentaries, and public/academic library books on this subject).