Analysis, from a Critical Theory perspective, of the language inequality in which a person is deprived of the freedom of expression and perception in his/her own language as a result of the imposition of certain (mostly Western) dominant language(s) in communication. It is argued that, as a result of this phenomenon which is manifest throughout the world and throughout a whole range of communicative contexts, language no longer serves as just a means of understanding, but functions to reproduce and justify the unequal power structure that the dominant class wants very much to maintain.