Challenges, Discrimination, and Inequality Faced by Immigrants in the US

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Family History
People's life experiences at various points in their lives shape who they become in the future. My family members who lived in the twentieth century faced many challenges that shaped who they were and the values they held. When individuals face adversity as a family, they bond and, in some cases, they break apart. I am from a long line of Chinese families that have cared greatly to provide for their family's needs and wants. The person I interviewed about my family history is my grandfather, who has been deemed to have a lot of wisdom and knowledge about my family lineage for the longest time. When I asked him about our family history, he was excited that I wanted to learn, which made him share a lot of intimate information. Throughout my family history, an important aspect that came up was the various forms of discrimination my family members faced due to their race when they immediately immigrated to America. Also, as a result of various events, such as the U.S. Constitution Amendment and the Civil Rights Act, my family members' perceptions of themselves changed. The paper will describe how my family members faced violence, expansion of rights, discrimination, and inequality during their early years as immigrants in America and the life transitions that have occurred.
Firstly, in search of a better future, a lot of people migrated from one nation to another in the past. Hence, my great-grandparents migrated to America with another large group of people after they learned about the discovery of gold in California. As my grandfather portrayed it, the main objective was to ensure they had a greater future for their children. Unfortunately, some regions in San Francisco became overcrowded due to the large number of Chinese that had immigrated to the United States. In the 1900s, my great-grandparents lived in an area of San Francisco labeled "Chinatown" due to the large number of Chinese living there. My great-grandparents wanted to live close to people who shared the same values and culture as them, making them stay in an overcrowded and unsanitary region.
Additionally, they faced various forms of discrimination because of their race. When the bubonic plague hit, my grandparents were living in Chinatown, as it was then labeled. Bubonic plague was a disease that was transmitted by coming into contact with an infected flea. The effects of this plague were that individuals would develop diarrhea, experience headaches, cough up blood, and become fatigued. Consequently, since Chinatown was overcrowded, local rats led to the spread of the disease; unfortunately, it was believed that the disease was "Asian in nature," and this led to my grandparents and the rest of the Chinese people being regarded as the cause of the life-threatening plague. Additionally, my grandfather told me that by 1904, the relationship between the Chinese people in San Francisco and the general population had worsened due to the large population of people that had died. My great-grandparents were severely accused of bringing the plague with them. As a result, this affected their self-esteem.
Furthermore, since my family members were still in San Francisco when the First World War broke...