'Ta-Nehisi Coates Our Best Today, Better Tomorrow'

After reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me I firmly believe there are many positives and negatives that both challenge and support the Dexter Southfield mission of “Our Best Today, Better Tomorrow”. The challenging factors this book offers include whether Dexter Southfield celebrates is diversity enough and if Dexter Southfield students are able to achieve our mission through focusing their time on what interests them. Not simply going through the motions daily; bored and uninterested with the necessary classroom requirements. Nonetheless, Between the World and Me also reinforces how these requirements enable us to reach and exceed our goals and offer us a solid foundation to go out into the world and make a difference as citizens. We are not afraid to take risks and endeavor outside of our comfort zones. As Coates …show more content…
Coates describes the Mecca as, “a machine, crafted to capture and concentrate the dark energy of all African peoples and inject it directly into the student body.” (Coates, 40). Even though when Coates says, “to capture and concentrate the dark energy” it comes across as extremely gruesome it is quite beautiful. The point that Coates drives home is how Howard University; The Mecca successfully celebrates its diversity. Fully understanding this point can help Dexter Southfield tremendously in multiple ways. This school is an extremely diverse crowd, not just because of races and religions, but also through interests and beliefs. Celebrating these cultural differences is what makes this school so special however, putting more emphasis on our diversity could make Dexter Southfield feel more inclusive to those who feel like outsiders due to what they believe in or look