-Numerous examples of repressive identity politics can be given as they were implied in the Second World during the Cold War such as the USSR under the presidency of Stalin.

-Specific projects to construct a national culture based on repressive policies were implemented in China, under the name of Cultural Revolution, and in Cambodia. 

-Another specific example of the repression of the religious and ethnic identities from the 20th century involves the repression of the Turkish identity in Bulgaria during the 1980s.