You think Romans spoke about ""identity"" ? Or the Greeks? Or Medieval nations?
They didn't care about some ""identity"". They cared about their closest regional land and they talked about how men should live their life, how a good man acts
They talked about ACTIONS not some sentimental and emotional feelings, which create this identity newspeak
You can have for instance a jew, who ""feels"" he's jewish, but he doesn't go to the synagogue
The same hoax applies to White """identity""". Stop talking about identity, start talking about acts and virtues