Identity politics is exclusionary ways of looking at different groups, particularly through the lens of race and sex. When identite politics becomes a celebration of everything else, it can go on to create races that are much more likely to fight for their own interests. Iman: The most important thing about you is your origin; when you're telling kids from on high how they should look, this just hardens them in extreme ways. And by taking these white kids and turning them into the angelos talos talos,. if you know anything about sartonan theory, then i don't think there's any reason why people shouldn't be able to identify with each other.