You may ask yourself: why are the Dutch loath to drop the racist caricature? Isn't the Sinterklaas figure enough to continue this tradition? The answer is that the Dutch are hooked on the racist double act. The racist contrast creates the entertainment value: the black buffoon emphasises the wisdom and natural leadership of the white man, and vice versa. Without the other, the story doesn't work. The Dutch need to invent a whole new story- and that's what they're unwilling, in the name of tradition, to do. Benny Hill once made sexist television, and even though it was very popular, his show was cancelled. Ahead of it's time, the television companies needed to accept responsibility toward their public. We now live in a world where people who boast about sexist behaviour with women are rightly condemned for that behaviour. It's time the Dutch government establishment rightly condemn this racism, instead of subsidising it.