Clara, an experienced field researcher specializing in traditional observational botany, has recently joined a highly prestigious, modern computational genomics lab. The lab technicians and modelers in her new team exclude her from group discussions and mock her reliance on physical field notebooks and manual specimen pressing. One lead data analyst tells her that she 'lacks the quantitative rigor' needed for their high-impact publications and should never have been hired.
Prejudice and discrimination can also be affected by the situation.
Describe one way that the situation could account for the discrimination Clara is experiencing.
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