Prop 1 — NY’s ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ ballot measure — may discriminate against Asian students: critics

A proposed referendum on New York’s ballot touted as protecting abortion rights could end up discriminating against Asian American students vying for seats in the city’s merit-based high schools, opponents said Wednesday. Nearly two dozen Asian American parents and legal activists took issue with Proposition 1 — the “Equal Rights Amendment” — that will go up for a vote on Election Day, during a rally at City Hall. “We’re going to find ourselves in the courts fighting this,” said Wai Wah Chin, past president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance...