# Is there really a village/town in France called 'Mort-aux-Juives' (death to Jews)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 12, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-village-town-in-france-called-mort-aux-juives-death-to-jews/298998 "2005-04-12T17:42:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-village-town-in-france-called-mort-aux-juives-death-to-jews/298998/17 "2005-04-13T22:53:24Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Dead Nigger Bayou, Mississippi (my personal favorite. No, I’m not a racist, I just think it’s a ridiculous name. It makes me laugh since it’s so politically incorrect.) There is an Indio Muerto Street here in Santa Barbara. Indio Muerto is Spanish for Dead Indian. Several years ago a group of college students decided that the name was racist and had to go. They had protests and everything. The Native American tribe that is local to Santa Barbara is the Chumash. One of the Chumash elders was asked by a reporter at the local newspaper if he found the name of the street offensive. Thinking about his reply makes me smile to this day. “What I find offensive,” he said, “is a group of white college students taking offense on my behalf.” Haj --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-village-town-in-france-called-mort-aux-juives-death-to-jews/298998)._