Walter (as he dances with ruth): you know, when these new negroes have their convention— (pointing at his is going to be the chairman of the committee on unending agitation. (he goes on dancing, then stops.) race, race, race! . girl, i do believe you are the first person in the history of the entire human race to successfully brainwash yourself. (beneatha breaks up and he goes on dancing. he stops again, enjoying his tease.) d*mn, even the n double a c p takes a holiday sometimes! (beneatha and ruth laugh. he dances with ruth some more and starts to laugh and stops and pantomimes someone over an operating table.) i can just see that chick someday looking down at some poor cat on an operating table and before she starts to slice him, she says . . (pulling his sleeve back maliciously.) "by the way, what are your views on civil rights down there? . .”

he laughs at her again and starts to dance happily. the bell sounds.

beneatha: sticks and stones may break my bones but . . words will never hurt me!

how does the playwright develop the theme in this passage?

-beneatha's reaction to walter's teasing shows that family members are often crueler to one another than strangers are.
-beneatha's reaction to walter's teasing shows that even family members who see the world differently can get along with one another.
-walter’s teasing of beneatha shows that every family deals with severe tensions.
-walter’s teasing of beneatha shows that one’s identity cannot be separated from race.