Elena has recently gained a place in a prestigious regional youth orchestra. Most of the other orchestra members have attended expensive private music academies and treat her with disdain, mockingly calling her instrument a 'school-rental fiddle' and suggesting she 'sticks to playing folk tunes in pubs.'
Describe one way that personality could account for the discrimination Elena is experiencing.
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