These nine referenced papers are on race and ethnicity as they relate to the state in the recent history of Malaysia and Singapore. Of course the specialist authors range widely as they address: implications of the emergence and recognition of the Eurasian community in Singapore; naming, identity and power factors of orang asli in Malaysia; growing up Malay in Singapore; Chinese identity and Chineseness in Malaysia; marginalisation issues of Tamil people in Malaysia; "Singaporean Hinduism"; income, education and employment disparities of Chinese and Malays in Singapore; Chinese language teachers in post-independence Singapore; and racialisation factors and pressures in the two countries. Index.