
The sports teams at
Sidwell Friends School in
Washington, D.C. are known as…
the Friends. That’s not very intimidating, but it’s a
Quaker school, so it makes sense. And Sidwell’s Friends
keep it real— they're not above
a little friendly trash-chanting.
At a recent high school basketball game against city rival
Maret, the Sidwell supporters chanted “
O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!” This taunting referred to the fact that both
Malia and
Sasha Obama will be attending Sidwell next year. The Obama's runner-up school?
Maret.

As reported by the
Washington City Paper, Maret supporters were not amused by the chants, which were
"insulting and incendiary” according to one parent. I suppose, though it can only hurt as much as one lets it. Perhaps it’s better to have
a sense of humor about being excluded?
Anyway, what I liked was the
Maret rooting section’s
response to the Quakers'
incendiary chanting of the President-Elect's surname:
“Oatmeal sucks! Oatmeal sucks!”
Sidwell won the game. Some people get everything.
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