This paper reviews critical discourse analysis (CDA) research in the fields of media, politics, racism and sexism discourse with voices raised against socio-political inequality, which is also one of the fundamental goals CDA has been attempting to attain. | VOICES AGAINST SOCIO-POLITICAL INEQUALITY IN CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Huynh Anh Tuan* Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies, VNU University of Languages and International Studies, Pham Van Dong, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Received 25 March 2017 Revised 14 May 2017; Accepted 19 May 2017 Abstract: This paper reviews critical discourse analysis (CDA) research in the fields of media, politics, racism and sexism discourse with voices raised against socio-political inequality, which is also one of the fundamental goals CDA has been attempting to attain. Literature review shows that CDA research describing and criticizing socio-political inequality through language use is enormous and so is its impact on individuals and groups as members of our conflicting society. CD analysts, using emancipatory discourse, can contest the maintenance and reproduction of domination and subordination patterns in society through language practices by raising people’s awareness of the asymmetrical relation of power. Keywords: CDA, socio-political inequality, media discourse, political discourse, racism, sexism 1. Introduction The fight for social equality is inarguably one of the most humanitarian and noblest causes carried out by human beings since the coming into existence of social classes. It is the creation and defence of group’s as well as individual’s authority and interest that perpetuate the power struggle, which takes place in various forms from the tangible battles with cannonballs to the more subtle arenas in political debates. It seems paradoxical that the more civilized and developed a society is, the more fierce its members’ effort to balance the power. In the modern society where the sound of fire guns and bombs has calmed down in some parts of the world, the voices against injustice in the ideological and cultural forums have not in the least. Voices raised against social inequality in language use have brought about a perspective of viewing and analyzing * Tel.: .
