What we are witnessing today in the world is history-in-the-making, and Dr. Uraua Hehimetu Ra Enkamit is a leading theorist seeking to open our eyes and ears to catastrophes of the past that manifest in the present, and what can transpire in thenfuture if we fail to heed his clarion call.

His early inspiration from Brother Malcolm X frames much of his world view today –from resurrecting the “fox and wolf” dichotomy in scrutinizing the dilemma of voting for a “lesser of two evils,” to emphasizing the critical importance of understanding world history. Dr. Enkamit’s commentaries of past and current global issues from wars, injustices and interventions waged by western powers in Haiti, Congo, Palestine and Zimbabwe, are essential to the significance of the book’s title, “Not In My Name.” An his critical examination for how to achieve reparations inside the belly of the beast, whether one agrees with his perspective or not, is worthy of consideration.

Remarkably, Not in My Name: Reparations Now reads like a grassroots people’s Kerner Commission Report, sprinkled with facts and figures on root causes of conditions confronting Black people domestically and globally, and concluding with a provocative call to action. Beginning its framing with the ancient Ausarian drama, the importance of Divine Kingships and including Dr. Enkamit’s poignantly vibrant poem songs on the injustices waged against Palestine, Haiti, and the Congo, the book brings additional value to the Reparations Movement as it goes about the necessary task of envisioning a future free from oppression where Black freedom and joy worldwide can flourish.

However, reminiscent throughout history when Black people stand up for rights, backlash happens, currently manifesting in banned books, voting disparages, student protest repressions and the proliferation white supremacist ideologies. And once again, Black people find ourselves wobbling at the tipping point of triumph or collapse. As such, Dr. Enkamit’s position, hearkening back to Malcolm X and as demonstrated throughout history, is that “when we choose the lesser of two evils, we still end up with evil.” However, as an admitted “pragmatist,” the author asserts his immediate and urgent ultimatum at this time is that the president issue an official apology on behalf of the United States of America to Black people for enslavement and its continuing and living legacies, accompanied by the immediate signing of an Executive Order to establish a federally chartered commission that brings the language of HR40 - then Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act –immediately into existence, OR ELSE! Dr. Enkamit also includes other critical demands as well.

As I have frequently emphasized, the collective “We” are beginning to understand that we are one people who went through the same experience, a special trauma committed by another group of people and their instrumentalities. The descendants of that group are in power today because of that experience. As such, a long-overdue reckoning on race is being demanded throughout the world, in the words of Brother Malcolm – “in this day, at this time, which we intend to bring into existence, by any means necessary!”

--- Nkechi Taifa, Esq., Author: Reparations on Fire: How and Why it’s Spreading Across America