Unny Nambudiripad’s essay “How My Cultural Identity Influences My Animal Advocacy”, highlights various themes of animal cruelty, his and various worldviews regarding the subject, as well as his own experiences, environment and upbringing influenced his animal advocacy. He quotes “I just needed to reconnect with my roots in order to reconnect with my advocacy-but this time it was my own experiences (not the one written about by a white man) that informed my activist beliefs and tactics.” (Nambudiripad, 90). This part of the essay brings into light how the West can heavily influence…