HOW IS THIS EDGY?? It says Dearborn in Arabic!!! Is anything in Arabic automatically edgy!? The comments on that picture are DISGUSTING and make me ashamed to read them.

Who cares? Honestly this isn't a very tasteful story for the patch. If it was Italian or polish or armenian or Irish would you still be running this story? Probably not.

Im Arab-American and live in Dearborn and I love the idea of this T-shirt. I dont understand what makes it racist? I feel like its embracing the Arab Americans in Dearborn.

Its the same as having a Hamtramick shirt in Polish

i like it, does anyone know where i can get one?

I don't understand how something written in another language is racists. Race has nothing to do with language. Some people need to get off their high horse and give their head a shake.

Now if it was on a hoodie, THAT would easily be racist. Right?
(Stop taking the low road, Down with Detroit. Ignore those who are easily offended.)

seems to be it would only be considered racist by people who ARE racist.

It seems like the people who are offended are *not* Arabic. I've been a fan of the company for some time and think their shirt designs are great, and this one is no exception. Non-Arab, non-Muslim Americans need to be exposed to more of this country's Arabic heritage and this is a fun way to do that.

great shirt, love that they support all of areas and their uniqueness's

Should have read "all areas" Its the PC crowd and the s*** stirrers trying to make noise. I hope it sells more shirts for DWD.

John, Google Down With Detroit and you'll find their site.

I am from Michigan and live the company DWD, they have made some great shirts. I like this design a lot. It is a big part of Michigan's heritage and is very important to the area.

while i personally dont like the shirt (as i dont speak arabic), i find it sad that ppl are up in arms about it. we have all seen shirts in different languages. speaking to those that are upset, would u be mad if it was in spanish, hindi, portugese, french... whatever?

As an ALL-AMERICAN Muslim, I WILL HAPPILY ENDORSE THIS SHIRT! People need to stop being so RACIST and GROW UP already. Always afraid of NOTHING! Very cute shirt idea.

I support english, French, Italian , Hindu, Chinese, but definitely not Arabic, because....you know why?? I do not know why, but the media encourage me to hate the arabs at every moment and every turn., So I suport the media. am I brian washed??? oh, no I am just a media puppet.

I am a what? American-American? and I would wear the shirt - people can be such idiots

HOW IS THAT RACIST...
IT IS SIMPLY WRITING AN ENGLISH WORD IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE...

I find it more offensive that this company is all about saying it supports Detroit , yet when you order from them their T-Shirts come from Hebron Kentucky. Now I understand that the clothing is made overseas, but hire a local silkscreening company! If they are Down with Detroit, keep the work in Detroit or at least Michigan !

How can it be racist?Muslim is not a race and the majority of all such people are caucasian aka white

Americans come on NOW. Do everything has to be about race?

Racist? Cut me a break! Bigoted? Don't think that either. Grow up and stop the political correctness that is so pervasive in our sick society.

What am I missing? I've seen shirts with different cities names on them in several languages.

westing time writing has nothing to do with the race, just get a job!

im sorry, yet i think that some people are a bit too sensitive about certian things...

It is so sad that it is the year 2012 and ignorant comments such as terrorist & go back to your country are still being said . This is a country of " immigrants " , people need to read U.S. History , just like it was acceptable for the Greeks, Mexicans , and Polish it should be acceptable for the Arab - American community !

I am shaking my head here. It is a shirt that says Dearborn on it! Blows my mind how people can see this offensive!??!! .. I would like one that says Missoula where I live. I think it is awesome!

This is crazy! I have way more offensive shirts hanging up in my closet. Yeah, I get people that turn there nose up, but I get alot more laughs. Racism will never die, not in my life time. Only time I have witness a calming was after 9/11, when were nothing but Americans. Except for brown people, every ignorant person thought there neighbor who was brown was a terrorist. One of my best friends is Lebanese, you wouldnt believe what he went threw and hes a Christian!

Offended= Ignorant? One can't tell the difference here !!!!!

I don't love the shirt, but only because it's not very attractive, not because I think it's edgy or racist. The written Arabic language is very beautiful and a similar shirt can be made with a much nicer design. That being said, The University of Michigan has been printing shirts in dozens of languages for years, including Arabic. Is it offensive only because it says "Dearborn" in Arabic? Also, it seems that those who are offended are not Arabs who think this is racist, but rather non-Arabs offended by a shirt that has Arabic writing on it, which as an Arab American I do find offensive. Also, some of the information quoted from the DWD and a local commenter about Dearborn having the highest Islamic population or the highest Arab population in the country are incorrect, statistically speaking. However, I will say good job Dearborn Patch for sharing this story.

Does anyone know how to order these in bulk?

I wouldn't wear it simply because I am not Arabic and cannot read it..But it's not racist! I do own shirts that display disabled people in wheelchairs as I am in one, I also am in the process of ordering bumper stickers that comment on my short stature. How is any of that different? People need to lighten up. There are more things in this world to worry over than a tee shirt!

I'm Arab American and about to order me one. Love it.

I am an Arab American, and I would not wear it. Not because it is offensive rather I find it ugly. As for Dearborn having the highest Arabic people well that is very incorrect. I find it so sad, that we always have to associate Dearborn with Arabs, when this city was founded and built originally by the Italian , Polish, and the Irish. Maybe, Dearborn needs to stand as Dearborn and not as being Arab. Guess what, I find nothing beautiful about the shirt, and nor will I buy one. Lets not forget there are other people who live in this city, and there those who have been pushed away of the focus we have given to one race. Get a grip on this crap.

The only thing distasteful about this shirt is that I can only find it printed on a Raglan cut (aka Jersey cut), that style shirt went out in the 80's with feathered hair cuts and bell bottoms.
Otherwise I would be proud to wear one.

Most clothing such as T shirts are produced overseas due to cost factors. However, the screen printing, or digital printing, is done usually in the USA, making it a 'made in USA' product.

Would the term 'Middle East' work as a melting pot term for some folk from the Dearborn area?
Europeans are French , German, etc, so perhaps Middle East folk are from Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, etc.

We are all Americans first, of course! I need a T shirt that says 'Dearborn' in Norwegian. Most folk don't realize that Dearborn has the 153rd highest concentration of folk from Norway right here in their back yard! Long live 'Sons of Norway!'

What I find distasteful is the misleading name of "Down With Detroit." For awhile, I did not visit the website, believing it was a site condemning the Detroit area. I wonder how many other people were fooled by the name.

I have a t-shirt with INFIDEL printed in both arabic gobbledegook and English on it. It gets a lot of looks when I wear it around town, mostly looks that could kill. So much for freedom of expression, it obviously isn't a 2 way street with them.

It's just the word Dearborn written in Arabic! Amazing how much conversation and controversy it's generated! It would be fun to have a shirt with Dearborn written in the many languages of the people that have lived in Dearborn over the years (including Norwegian). Like the old AAA stickers that said "Bring 'em back alive!" in many languages -- we collected them as kids.

In an effort to defend this shirt, I think it is a good idea for Down With Detroit to highlight the fact that their intention was not to offend people. It would be different if the text on the shirt said something negative about Dearborn or Arabs, but it does not. Having one word, the name of a city, in a different translation than English is nothing compared to real issues of racism. The bigger, more substantiated racial threats deserve the energy and attention rather than the way a city name is written. The company has produced items with very similar images on them in the past, and yet those items did not have this kind of controversy surrounding them. Obviously if those other products continued to sell and did not lose consumers, it is understandable that the company would see this shirt as not being a big deal as well. Down With Detroit hasn't shown any signs of cultural, religious, or racial hatred in its existence and so it is important for the public to view this product in relation to the entire image of the company rather than a single representation of racism. Down With Detroit should display the facts to the public, regarding both the company's intentions and history, so that people can put this individual shirt in context with the many other products this company offers.