the Chinese workers were content/happy performing the jobs few white men wanted
Explanation:
- As the author of the text says "As long as Chinese were content with jobs few white men wanted, then the whites ignored them. But as soon as Chinese landed better jobs or ventured into more attractive industries then trouble brewed, especially during hard economic times. Whites feared employers would use the Chinese to drive down wages and reduce whites to a status no higher than that of the Chinese workers themselves."
- Otherwise, whites were sometimes actually doing some awful things to Chinese workers.
