{"id":20258,"date":"2013-07-21T01:07:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T01:07:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-07-21T01:07:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T01:07:36","slug":"american-owned-nail-salon-sign-seen-as-offensive-to-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=20258","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;American Owned&#8217; nail salon sign seen as offensive to some"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.khou.com\/templates\/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=200978251&#038;pos=top&#038;swfw=470\"><\/script><object name=\"player\" id=\"_fp_0.03698187414556742\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\"    data=\"http:\/\/swfs.bimvid.com\/player-3.2.15.swf\"  type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param value=\"true\" name=\"allowfullscreen\"\/><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\"\/><param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\"\/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/swfs.bimvid.com\/player-3.2.15.swf\" \/><param value=\"config=http:\/\/www.khou.com\/?j=embed_200978251&#038;ref=http:\/\/www.khou.com\/news\/texas-news\/Nail-salon-sign-at-center-of-Fairview-flap-200978251.html\" name=\"flashvars\"\/><\/object><script src=\"http:\/\/www.khou.com\/templates\/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=200978251&#038;pos=bottom&#038;ref=http:\/\/www.khou.com\/news\/texas-news\/Nail-salon-sign-at-center-of-Fairview-flap-200978251.html\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A sign posted outside a Collin County nail salon promoting it as &#8220;American Owned, American Staffed&#8221; is generating controversy. <\/p>\n<p>The merchant defends her sign by saying it&#8217;s a &#8220;patriotic business decision.&#8221; But others believe it&#8217;s focused more on what her Fairview business isn&#8217;t: Asian owned and operated.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Thayer said he was offended when he saw the sign in the window of the St. Tropez Nail Spa. He&#8217;s a regular customer at a Vietnamese restaurant next door. He and his wife adopted four girls who are Vietnamese-Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Thayer said he was so upset, he went into the salon to confront the owner. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said, &#8216;This sign here implies that the other salons around here that are owned by Asian-Americans are less American than you,'&#8221; Thayer recalled.<\/p>\n<p>The salon owner, Diana Casey, said she never intended to offend anyone, but wanted to draw attention to her store. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a business decision,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just letting people know I&#8217;m American, and I speak English.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are three Asian-owned businesses in the small strip shopping center along Stacy Road. Two of them said the sign made them uncomfortable. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People come to America for the opportunity to have a better life,&#8221; Casey said.  &#8220;That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re here. And if they&#8217;re American citizens, they&#8217;re Americans. That&#8217;s all I have to say about it. This is not about anything else other than Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thayer said he would pay the salon owner to replace the sign with something less offensive. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve done a lot for my country,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I served it, and I&#8217;m proud to be an American. But I&#8217;m not proud to use that as a way of putting somebody down who wasn&#8217;t born here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Casey isn&#8217;t budging, saying her sign isn&#8217;t offensive. She saId her customers are behind her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sign posted outside a Collin County nail salon promoting it as &#8220;American Owned, American Staffed&#8221; is generating controversy. 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