: Bailey uses the surgery as a moment of professional and moral defiance. As she prepares to make the initial incision, she chooses to cut directly through the center of the swastika tattoo . After completing the life-saving procedure, she delivers the iconic line: "No one better ever call me Nazi again," reclaiming her nickname from earlier seasons.
The episode (Season 4, Episode 9) features a powerful and controversial scene where Dr. Miranda Bailey is forced to operate on a white supremacist with a swastika tattoo on his abdomen. [S4E9] No One Mourns the Wicked
An interesting "feature" of this episode is how the production handled the literal and metaphorical removal of this symbol: : Bailey uses the surgery as a moment