He's a white communications professor from USA, so no not really
- "Professor Patton primarily teaches in USC’s Full-Time MBA Program and its Executive MBA Programs in the U.S. and China"
- "He has served as a key advisor to the Center for Asian-Pacific Leadership, a faculty member at the US-China Institute and a leader of MBA learning programs in China and Korea."
[1]: https://www.marshall.usc.edu/sites/default/files/gpatton/pci...