“There are two types of identities: attributed, in which individuals are subsumed under group traits, like found in racialism. Then there are the identities that individuals generate through their choices and actions.”

So one type is externally imposed, the other is internally embraced/developed? I think your distinction is solid: it has always seemed to me that all politics are identity politics: if I identify as a republican/democrat, that informs my politics as much as if I were white or black, but your distinction makes what others mean when they say “identity politics” much more intelligible for me. Thanks