Toban Black

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That message is very similar to the perspective of “thefreeslave” in two blog posts that I’m going to link to below.

I disagree with these views in that image and those blog posts, to an extent — perhaps more than I agree with them.
Even so, I’m going to send all of this out without any critical comments so that I can post this material right now; that way I can juxtapose these views with the previous post about PETA before I’m ready to comment on how human-animal hierarchies relate to and compare with human hierarchies (and other related issues that are worth considering).

This writing from “thefreeslave” is also downright brilliant (I think), so I’m happy to call attention to the author’s words without getting in the way. 
Here are the blog posts -

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“Do Animals Possess Rights We Are Bound To Respect…And Should A Nigga Care?!”

( … “Could it be that the seeds of global oppression, the idea of a hierarchical order that has the divine right to call the shots for the planet, sprouted once man claimed himself separate from and better than animals while claiming dominion over them?” …

“Part of our challenge … is to see the connections between us and everything, particularly other living things. We are trained and we train ourselves to stay in our mental shoe boxes, support only those causes within the shoe box, leave our brains in a safety deposit box - in our shoe box. DO NOT THINK OUTSIDE OF THE SHOE BOX.” … )

(Note: I wouldn’t ever use the word “nigga,” myself.)

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[A follow-up blog post]

( … “Animals are not exactly like humans, but humans are animals. We are more alike than different. And if you truly look at the nature of so-called human atrocities, their root is in the human atrocities we have visited on animals. And first, in our brains, the divisions we’ve created between ourselves and each other. And animals.

It would make sense to me to deal with the divisions, break down the false divisions between animal US and animal THEM, that, rather than reinforce and solidify them. Perhaps that could help us break down the divisions between human beings.” … )

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A related post at The Global Sociology Blog -
We’re Killing Our Cousins
(I’ve posted a comment there.)

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And for a fun and possibly interesting twist, here’s a video and a few comments at Marginal Notes:
Malice in Mouseland?