Decolonizing wealth : indigenous wisdom to heal divides and restore balance / Edgar Villanueva ; foreword by Jennifer and Peter Buffett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Villanueva, Edgar, author.

Series:

BK currents book

BK Currents book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--United States.

Income distribution.

Postcolonialism.

Restitution.

United States.

Wealth--United States.

Wealth.

Unjust enrichment--United States.

Unjust enrichment.

Restitution--United States.

Indians of North America.

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Postcolonialism--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 217 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

Decolonizing Wealth is a provocative analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance. Award-winning philanthropy executive Edgar Villanueva draws from the traditions from the Native way to prescribe the medicine for restoring balance and healing our divides. Though it seems counterintuitive, the philanthropic industry has evolved to mirror colonial structures and reproduces hierarchy, ultimately doing more harm than good. After 14 years in philanthropy, Edgar Villanueva has seen past the field's glamorous, altruistic façade, and into its shadows: the old boy networks, the savior complexes, and the internalized oppression among the "house slaves," and those select few people of color who gain access. All these funders reflect and perpetuate the same underlying dynamics that divide Us from Them and the haves from have-nots. In equal measure, he denounces the reproduction of systems of oppression while also advocating for an orientation towards justice to open the floodgates for a rising tide that lifts all boats. In the third and final section, Villanueva offers radical provocations to funders and outlines his Seven Steps for Healing. With great compassion--because the Native way is to bring the oppressor into the circle of healing--Villanueva is able to both diagnose the fatal flaws in philanthropy and provide thoughtful solutions to these systemic imbalances. Decolonizing Wealth is a timely and critical book that preaches for mutually assured liberation in which we are all inter-connected.

Contents:

Where it hurts

Stolen and sold

Arriving at the plantation

House slaves

Field hands

The overseers

Freedom

How to heal

Grieve

Apologize

Listen

Relate

Represent

Invest

Repair.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781523097890

1523097892

OCLC:

1047574699