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Executive orders certainly are legal and used often. Unfortunately, here's yet another example of Obama dividing people into groups and exacerbating identity politics, and the biggest reason I can't vote for the guy. Fanning the flames, what a disappointment.
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I'm pretty sure the President didn't do the dividing. It was well establish before he was born.
"African Americans lack equal access to highly effective teachers and principals, safe schools, and challenging college-preparatory classes, and they disproportionately experience school discipline and referrals to special education. African American student achievement not only lags behind that of their domestic peers by an average of two grade levels, but also behind students in almost every other developed nation."
Executive Order -- White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans | The White House
Btw, it was an Executive Order that freed Southern slaves.