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I think that's because these things become real for you when you're the victim of them, so for example someone who suffers as a victim of racism now has race made an important and real thing to them, whereas people who don't suffer in that way can be "not interested" in it because it's not real to them.
The other side of that is that people in majority groups often don't perceive themselves as "having" or "being" [insert identity categories]. If you're, say, white, and you're surrounded by white people all the time, there's a good chance you won't see yourself as such; you're just "normal," as opposed to some other category of people. You rarely have to think about it so you don't. I can't count the majority group identities I fall into because I'm not even aware of them until someone makes me aware of them
I am not sure I can follow your line of thought. Isn't that the same as saying water is wet? Obviously politics focusing on issues faced by minorities will be of interest for minority groups?
I guess you need to explain better what exactly you mean with "identity politics", as I get the feeling you are referring to some right-wing strawman re-definition of the concept?