Jamaica-based confusion

I've been watching a lot of shows on Hulu lately, so I've been seeing more commercials than usual. I'm not a big fan of commercials, but this one is annoying the hell out of me:



I'm not annoyed at the commercial so much, but the underlying message. It makes me wonder: how the hell is Jamaica its own country?

I've read 'Brown Face, Big Master'. I know that there are serious, educated people in Jamaica. (Although if Joyce Gladwell's example is any indication, most of them have moved to England, Canada, or the U.S.) But based on their popular image, I fully expect that Jamaica's Foreign Minister looks something like T-Pain.

Anyone disagree?

Maybe I'm being unfair. After all, would we want people judging the U.S. based on its commercials? If we based our opinion of Japan on their commercials, I think we'd drop another nuke on them, just to be safe.

And maybe the foreign minister in Jamaica looks like the Red Stripe guy. That would be a step up from T-Pain. (It'd be a step up from Hillary Clinton, come to think of it.)

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