I remember when I heard that Ronald Reagan had appointed a guy named Ling to be Secretary of Agriculture, I thought, Cool—-he appointed an Asian. Then it turned out that it was actually a white guy named Lyng.

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I remember when I heard that Ronald Reagan had appointed a guy named Ling to be Secretary of Agriculture, I thought, Cool—-he appointed an Asian. Then it turned out that it was actually a white guy named Lyng.