The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate's career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter.
Source: Tarzan Is an Expatriate. In: Patrick Marnham, Dispatches from Africa, ch. 1, 1981.
-- Paul Theroux, (Apr 10 1941-____), US novelist; He wrote Picture Palace, 1978 and a best-selling travel yarn Kingdom by the Sea, 1983.