say it once again with feeling

also i think that samira teaches whitaker something insanely important that robby never would be able to teach, which is that his idea of what a drug-seeking patient "looks like" is completely inaccurate and rooted in racism. the show doesn't outright say it, but whitaker's suspicion of joyce requesting pain meds was rooted in anti-black bias!!! samira is (as far as we're told) the ONLY doctor in the er who is specifically researching this niche of medical racism and prioritizing the care of the people who are most affected by it. but the showrunners were like nah, we'll write off our only doctor who talks about being anti-racist and initiates conversations about racial bias.... which could mean nothing