An ‘imaginary autobiography’ set in factual context, 5 : 3 : 1 Ratio of Racism was inspired by a brave Cape Corps soldier who Frank Streek befriended while fighting in the Western Desert during World War 2. Jacko Swartz of District Six epitomized the scenario faced by all Non-European Army Services personnel of that era: a second-class class citizen at home, he voluntarily put his life on the line to help Allied forces rid the world of Nazism and Fascism, only to be thanked with statutory discrimination based solely on the colour of his skin.