I propose to question Dr. Ramraj's recent argument in this Journal that September 11th has "exposed the increase in ethnic tensions in Singapore and Malaysia", and that there have been "divisive social consequences" for these two countries. I question his prescription that "for Singapore...policies and legislation based on race should be abolished" and that the "same may be said of Malaysia". Finally, I question his argument that legal and policy assistance in respect of any group can only be made in a politically neutral way, and that traditional group traits should be held hostage to individual moral choice. Dr. Ramraj prizes individual moral self-authorship in a way which dismisses the need to achieve substantive justice for the various communities in Singapore and Malaysia, and which ignores the terms and histories of the constitutions of these two nations. His arguments, even if not colour-blind, proceed from a version of constitutional colour-blindness, and ignore the needs of identity and multi-culturalism in these two nations.