Why were Chinese immigrants met with so much prejudice and discrimination when they arrived in America?

>>17872780 (OP)
Because Asian culture is fundamentally opposed to American values? Chinese culture is built on conformism and Americanism is inherently individualistic. The Chinese Exclusion act was a good idea, and it's no wonder it stayed in place for nearly a century.

>>17872780 (OP)
Hating the next group of immigrants is just American history in a nutshell. Even German immigrants were strongly hated

>>17872780 (OP)
Effeminate backstabbing looking fags who where basically the paki grooming gangs of their day

>>17872874
Not really, we just wanted them to assimilate.

>>17872780 (OP)
same reason we hate the chinese today
godless bug people with no sense of moral decency or honor
doing business with a chinese businessman is worse than dealing with even the most stereotypical jew

Do it yourself

>>17872780 (OP)
Much like today, the ire of American labor is directed at other workers on account of their skin color rather than toward the capitalist.

>>17872780 (OP)
humans have an impressive capacity for petty tribalism and there's seldom any logic to it