My cousin is a TRAUMA SURGEON - and a man almost died yesterday because he refused to let her touch him. She is 32, Black, 5'2", looks 22, and saves lives for a living. This is what happened in ER and I'm still FURIOUS. My cousin Maya is a trauma surgeon in Atlanta. She graduated top of her class at Emory. 12 years of school. $300K in debt. Works 28-hour shifts. Yesterday, a 45-year-old guy comes in after a motorcycle accident. Leg badly broken, femur sticking out, bleeding heavily. She rushes in - she is the attending on call. She says, "Hi, I'm Dr. Johnson, I'm going to be taking care of you." He looks at her and says: "No. I want a REAL doctor." She thinks he didn't hear her. She repeats, "I am a real doctor, I'm the trauma surgeon." He says, "Where's the male doctor? I don't want a DEI hire touching me. Get me a man." My cousin is standing there in scrubs that say M.D. on them, with blood on her shoes from the last patient she saved. The nurse says, "Sir, she is the best surgeon here, you are losing blood." He says, "I'd rather bleed out than have you butcher me to practice your affirmative action quota."