In this process, the line can blur and unique decisions can be made. The goal of Positive Whiteness, is to aim to include as opposed to exclude regardless of ideological or political concerns. That approach is a foundational thought process for Positive Whiteness and it applies unless there is a specific reason otherwise.

Unrecognized and Semi-Recognized countries

Kosovo

Kosovo is in Europe and demographic analysis by the Positive Whiteness terms would have them be classified as a White Majority Country. It’s currently recognized by 97 member states of the United Nations, out of 193, which means it is unrecognized by 96 countries. This makes for a difficult choice, trying to be an inclusionary organization.

What Positive Whiteness did was include Kosovo whenever it was listed in any Index, Survey or Tracker. But if Kosovo was not listed, it was not included. The goal here is to create a positive White culture and identity, not to engage in any political or ideological question. Thus Kosovo was included when the used documents included it, and not included in those documents that did not include it. When the list of the 195 countries was gathered, Kosovo was not counted as a country on this list.

Taiwan

The United Nations considers it part of the People’s Republic of China. However, the Indexes all have different approaches to it. Some list their countries as “Entities”, others “Country/Territory” and others just list it under country. Taking a neutral approach Taiwan was listed when the index listed it, and not listed when it didn’t.

Palestine State

The Palestine State was included on this page as the information was inputted from WorldoMeter’s datasheet. Terminology, reference and recognition of Palestine State were defined entirely within the scope of how the Index’s and Trackers recognized it. Taking a neutral approach Palestine was listed when the index listed it, and not listed when it didn’t.

Holy See

Holy See was included on this page as the information was inputted from WorldoMeter’s data sheet. Terminology, reference, and recognition of the Holy See were defined entirely within the scope of how the Index’s and Trackers recognized it. Taking a neutral approach, Holy See was listed when the index listed it, and not listed when it didn’t.

Special Circumstances countries

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey

These countries all sit at cross-sections of Europe and Asia. They are considered European by many sources and aren’t part of the MENA country classification. Aiming to take an include and not exclude approach, they were considered part of Europe and thus classified as White Majority Countries.

Israel

Israel sits in a unique position when it comes to racial classification. The demographics of Israel show it to be 75% Jewish, 21% Arab, and 4% Other.  “About 44.9% percent of Israel’s Jewish population identify as either Mizrahi or Sephardi, 44.2% identify as Ashkenazi, about 3% as Beta Israel and 7.9% as mixed or other.”  Ashkenazi Jews are of European origin and considered by most governments to be classified as White, and polling by American Jews for example shows 92% of them consider themselves White. Taking the standard approach of only recognizing Ashkenazi Jews, with direct European origins, as White would make Israel not be a White Majority Country as they constitute approximately 30% of the country. Sephardic Jews historically hail from Portugal and Spain and would be classified as European and thus White. However concrete polling about their self-identity is scarce. Further, Mizrahi Jews originate from MENA countries yet Israel includes them in population counts together with Sephardic Jews and they jointly come out to approximately 45% of the population. A definitive population count breakdown between them does not exist to use as a reference. Further, the 21% Arab population would be classified as MENA, which sits at the cross-section of being classified as White by many governments but not self-identifying as White when given the option of a MENA classification. Aiming to take an include approach instead of exclude, Israel was counted as both a White Majority and MENA Majority country and counted towards the White Majority Country counts. It is listed as a White/MENA Majority country.

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia

These three countries in their internal demographic analysis list White and Mestizo together. A deeper analysis doesn’t give a clear indicator to how these are broken out so these countries are counted as White/Mestizo and included in the White Majority Country counts.