The status construction theory would explain that...

Question $27$ options:

$1)$

because resources are limited$,$ the Burmese majority is afraid that Myanmar's ethnic groups will demand more resources and, therefore, they were not invited to welcome the East Asia Summit dignitaries.

$2)$

because there is a correlation between resources and characteristics, the Burmese majority may have developed a subconscious association between Myanmar's ethnic groups' lack of resources and their actual abilities resulting in the latter's exclusion from the welcoming ceremony.

$3)$

race is a self$-$serving category created to categorize people according to observable characteristics and that the various Myanmar ethnic groups have been racialized by the Burmese majority for the purpose of marginalizing them and excluding them from events such as the East Asia Summit.

$4)$

the Burmese majority is demonstrating high social dominance orientation and therefore must maintain their elevated status by preventing Myanmar's many ethnic groups from having equal representation in the East Asia Summit.