We want young people to get every opportunity to experience culture, to understand it and to think it is for them. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
We need to keep telling people that London is great place to buy and to shop. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
There has been a genuine willingness from many in the arts sector to try to understand people who are not within the… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
It shouldn't be that people think the National Gallery is just for middle-class white people. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Barriers today are largely class-based - income, networks, education. And those affect many white people as well. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
A major step towards the universalist approach would be to dismantle the countless diversity policies that encourage people to see everything through… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
If white people are constantly told how culturally different their Asian neighbors are, and if Asians are told to be vigilant against… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
We give money to the E.U. and they give it back according to the priorities they choose, with an unelected group of… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Stop and search has a controversial history and has not always been carried out professionally by individual officers. Liberal-minded people are right… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
But everyone, including ethnic minorities, should be worried about how anti-racism is becoming weaponized across the political spectrum - how a lot… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
There's been a kind of inverse snobbery about culture. I get the feeling some people would look at Shakespeare and say, that's… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Sectarian political festivals are not the way Londoners want their money to be spent. Most of us, I suspect, just want to… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
By appeasing the anti-racism lobby and affirming its culture of grievance, public institutions and business leaders are not making Britain a fairer… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised. A number of developers recognize that having a cultural activity in their space brings kudos. People like the idea… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
There needs to be more schemes to help young people build careers in fashion, like apprenticeships. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
The growth of race relations management, diversity training and 'promoting good relations' has come at a cost. We are more sensitized to racism, yet… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Studying art history is actually one of the few ways of getting a good job in the arts sector. It's hard to be a… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
By appeasing the anti-racism lobby and affirming its culture of grievance, public institutions and business leaders are not making Britain a fairer place. In… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
If white people are constantly told how culturally different their Asian neighbors are, and if Asians are told to be vigilant against white racism,… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
But I do love working for Boris because he never stops. He's always fizzing with good ideas, and when you are looking after culture,… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
At the same time women are putting on the headscarf, they are also going to work, to education, increasingly vocal in the media -… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
The idea that Veronica Wadley has no artistic credibility is just crazy. She has a strong reputation and when she was editor of the… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
I've argued for a much less instrumentalist politicized approach, freeing up the arts and enabling them to deliver high-quality projects. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Often, when art from the canon is brought in to fine art classes, it is used as a prop to inspire art-making projects but… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
For many there is a degree of constancy in our culture; London won't let you down. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
