Excellent points. If identity is group-based than nobody would have an identity if we were all one group, which we actually are as human beings. Of course this can't be the case, so our identity is developed by the unique characteristics each individual has. The question then becomes why does anyone choose to neglect their own identity in favor of the non-identity of race or nationality?
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Well I could give a very philosophical answer to that question, and I would say that it is because they don't know themselves, then they define themselves by what they are not, which is what they know. But it may not be the case.
Seems to be true. Self-knowledge, which really is just actual thinking, is probably the most lacking thing in the world.