offensive or patriotic ?

Well Americans come in many colors and from many countries. Saying that it is American owned and staffed just means the people who work there are citizens. In Texas and isn many other states there are many illegal people and in many of those states it is a sore subject, this may have been the point of the sign. Myself, I go into a shop for the service and cost, don't much care who does the work, I try to leave politics outside my life as much as possible.

I do not consider this to be offensive in any way.

We are in America and with so many of our products being outsourced to other countries, it is more difficult to find American made products. Many of us are looking to buy American as we are fed up with all the outsourcing. I did not take the sign to be racist in anyway. It is a company that is owned and staffed by Americans. Americans come in all sorts of sizes,shapes, colors and races. The thing is that a lot of our business is run by foreign people and their families. I've noticed it to be mainly gas station/convenience stores but I'm sure there are a lot of others. Our wonderful government loans these people money to start their business with a small interest rate of like 2%. They buy out a business and then fire all the help, hire their families and jack up all the prices. I don;t see the sign as being racist at all...just trying to support our own country. There is always going to be someone that has enough time on their hands to raise a fuss about pretty much nothing.

Sadly, it has become offensive to tell the truth to people, no matter what it is. There's nothing wrong with that sign, it tells a true fact that the owner is proud of and everyone else should be, too. Instead of hiring an illegal and saving some money, she hires legal citizens whether they are white, black, Asian, Mexican or European. They are all legal citizens, all working to better the country, and I guess that is offensive to some. Actually, because of the years of pounding by the PC denizens, the sign made me feel the slightest bit creepy. But once I realized why I felt that way I was okay with the sign. We SHOULD have a culture where illegal citizens are not privileged as much as legals, where they are outcasts and persecuted. This is OUR country and WE should control who comes in and those who become citizens should be proud and respected. Those who demonize signs like this--signs that proclaim an active interest in America's welfare--should move to another country. But they'd better do it legally because no other country on earth is as lax about their borders and they all have strict, enforced immigration policies.

Are the people who made this accusations, American citizens? The way I see, if they applied and are living here as legal citizens then they are as American as the rest of us here. They've got no business complaining about Racism then.

I guess it is up to one's interpretation. One person can interpret the message to be a sign of patriotic pride while another could mean it to be racist. Even the bible can be interpreted many different ways. I am not at all offended by the message. I do not think her message all by itself would cause me to go to her salon. I am more interested in quality of work at a good price. I happen to go to a salon that is owned and staffed by Vietnamese. The salon is next door to where I live. They do great work at a good price. However, I do wonder why it is that the majority of nail salons seem to be owned by Asians of Vietnamese background. Or am I incorrect? A friend of mine goes to a private gym and her nail technician is caucasian.

Racist?? I'm sorry... that's plain stupid. I'm American and I buy things made in America. I go out of my way to find them so I guess I'm "racist" too and if that offends someone, oh, well, oh, dear. I think a lot of people don't know what the word means.

Some people just look for things to complain about

It is crazy that something so simple can be interpreted in many different ways. It is not offensive and I respect the individual for portraying that. Not many business are seen here anymore. And in a sense it takes a stand to the false believe that Americans don't work or can't successfully run a business. The fact that most nail places are owned by Asians has nothing to do with the fact that this individual is proud to be an American and to own a full functioning business. People are way to sensitive today.