Chinese Immigrants In The Twentieth Century

There were many concerns including Chinese immigrants in the beginning of the twentieth century. Chinese immigrants have a different way of life, culturally, morally and based on their values and it would be difficult for them to assimilate within Canadian society. One of the many reasons that the Chinese would come to Canada would be for a better lifestyle because they believe our country will provide them with many opportunities with which they could advance themselves and their families. However their desperation for a better life is what constructed their attitude of doing whatever it took even if that meant working twice as hard and not getting paid as much as employers would otherwise pay white people. The Asian immigrants did not care as much as the whites about the environment that they had to work in, as long as they were getting paid. Not only the working environment but their living standard was considerably lower compared to whites. Therefore this meant lower standards for everyone in the community which the whites could not tolerate.
The hesitance to see the Chinese in the workplace developing new products about the Canadian culture was another concern because Canadian’s know more about their culture than the Chinese thus it should be them …show more content…
Therefore it was understandable why the whites were concerned about letting the Chinese into their country because in turn the Chinese would take over the industry and economy. Due to the willingness of the Chinese workers to do the same work for lower wages, it made sense for employers to employ them rather than the whites hence the reason why the whites perceived the Chinese to be taking their jobs. Moreover if the Chinese were living with such debasing standards it would influence the standards that the rest of the country held and lower