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BREAKING: President Biden is making a historic pick for Census Bureau director with Latinx statistician Robert Santos, who, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the bureau’s first permanent director of color https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/986612530/biden-to-make-historic-census-director-pick-with-latinx-statistician-rob-santos
2. While @_Rob_Santos would be the @uscensusbureau's first Senate-confirmed director of color, Santos would not be the 1st person of color to head the bureau. James F. Holmes, who is African American, served as acting director for about nine months in 1998
https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/notable_alumni/james_holmes.html
https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/notable_alumni/james_holmes.html
3. Holmes was named acting director following the resignation of Martha Riche, the second white woman — after Barbara Bryant — to be the Census Bureau's director.
With few exceptions, the top leaders for the U.S. census have been white men:
With few exceptions, the top leaders for the U.S. census have been white men:
4. Born and raised in San Antonio and now based in Austin, Texas, Santos would bring the perspective of a self-described "third generation native Mexican American" to the Census Bureau:
5. In a statement to NPR, Santos called the opportunity to join "some of the most talented statisticians and social scientists in the world" an "honor"
6. As the Census Bureau's next director, Santos would become a key insider at an agency he has long observed and critiqued from the outside:
7. Depending on the timing of a confirmation, Santos could finish the term left open by former Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham that is ending this year and could be reappointed after the end of a first term.
ICYMI: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/957302276/trumps-census-director-to-quit-after-trying-to-rush-out-indefensible-report
ICYMI: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/957302276/trumps-census-director-to-quit-after-trying-to-rush-out-indefensible-report
8. In a 2019 @urbaninstitute
blog post, Santos and @JGonzalez311 wrote about the importance for the Census Bureau to adapt how it collects data about race and ethnicity as the U.S. becomes more diverse.
"[B]oth of us are Latinx," they wrote:
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/separating-race-ethnicity-surveys-risks-inaccurate-picture-latinx-community
![8. In a 2019 @urbaninstituteblog post, Santos and @JGonzalez311 wrote about the importance for the Census Bureau to adapt how it collects data about race and ethnicity as the U.S. becomes more diverse."[B]oth of us are Latinx," they wrote: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/separating-race-ethnicity-surveys-risks-inaccurate-picture-latinx-community](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ey4dL1hXIAAfHtq.png "8. In a 2019 @urbaninstituteblog post, Santos and @JGonzalez311 wrote about the importance for the Census Bureau to adapt how it collects data about race and ethnicity as the U.S. becomes more diverse.\"[B]oth of us are Latinx,\" they wrote: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/separating-race-ethnicity-surveys-risks-inaccurate-picture-latinx-community")
![8. In a 2019 @urbaninstituteblog post, Santos and @JGonzalez311 wrote about the importance for the Census Bureau to adapt how it collects data about race and ethnicity as the U.S. becomes more diverse."[B]oth of us are Latinx," they wrote: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/separating-race-ethnicity-surveys-risks-inaccurate-picture-latinx-community](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ey4dZkeWEAcNO3u.png "8. In a 2019 @urbaninstituteblog post, Santos and @JGonzalez311 wrote about the importance for the Census Bureau to adapt how it collects data about race and ethnicity as the U.S. becomes more diverse.\"[B]oth of us are Latinx,\" they wrote: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/separating-race-ethnicity-surveys-risks-inaccurate-picture-latinx-community")
blog post, Santos and @JGonzalez311 wrote about the importance for the Census Bureau to adapt how it collects data about race and ethnicity as the U.S. becomes more diverse.
"[B]oth of us are Latinx," they wrote:
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/separating-race-ethnicity-surveys-risks-inaccurate-picture-latinx-community
