Strip 713 -- First Seen: 2011-05-30
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Panel 1
Full-length shot of Jim, a Pakistani youth of not quite 16 years who had grown up in the UK sector on Terra. Dressed in the 22nd-Century equivalent of urban gangsta, he affects a tough pose. In the background we can see a bit of a gritty London back-street.
Caption: His birth name is Jemal but he adopted the Western name 'Jim' to fit in with the British Sector, where he was born and grew up.
Caption: It didn't work – in Britain he was a 'wog,' 'paki' or 'black' no matter what he called himself.

Panel 2
Jim is now walking menacingly down a mean street with a half-dozen other dark-skinned youths, dressed in similar styles.
Caption: Jokers Wild had been his solution.
Caption: By organizing other boys of color, he created a unified response to the taunts and abuse of the whites. It worked … after a fashion.

Panel 3
Sami ('Sam'), Jim's father, is a short but stout Pakistani man dressed impeccably in a 22nd-century business suit, standing at one end of a conference table in a board room at which are seated four white gentlemen and three women, all in high-power business attire. They are all looking at Sam and Sam is not looking comfortable.
Caption: Jim's father, Sami (a.k.a. 'Sam') had been a minor UW functionary who'd been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Caption: The scandal would prove embarrassing to higher functionaries, so …

Panel 4
Jim, Sami, and a middle-aged Pakistani woman are standing in the lobby at the Ceres Spaceport, looking around, with a mixture of apprehension and anticipation.
Caption: Sam and his family were allowed to 'escape' from Terra.