Munira Mirza Quotes


Differences in racial outcomes are not the same thing as institutional racism any more than the fact that far more men than women are locked up is evidence of institutional sexism.


Citations

Mirza, Munira. "Racism is being weaponised against the Conservatives." The Spectator, 16 Sep. 2017.

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Munira Mirza is a British political advisor who is the Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit during the Premiership of Boris Johnson. She previously worked under Johnson as Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture when he was Mayor of London.