Should it be legally allowed to use race as a factor in college admissions?

No we don't, we didn't give affirmative action to the Irish. Irish were sold into slavery in US by the British. And they seem to have recovered without any Affirmative Action.

I am a minority, who refused to register to become an official minority, I'm Native American, as well as a mix of other races. My ancestors were slaughtered in ways and numbers that would give you nightmares. Affirmative action is a way of saying "You poor person, we know you can't make it on your own, here's a cookie." It tells a person they are second class and they are not as good as this other person, and that they can't do it on their own.

I find affirmative action distasteful, and condescending, it also cheapen all people of that race, because if they do make it on their own, they are painted with the affirmative action brush. In the back of people's mind the little voice that says "They are only here because of affirmative action, not because they worked for it."

Affirmative Action should have never been started, you should stand on your abilities.. Schools shouldn't discriminant in anyway (affirmative action is discrimination but it discriminates against the "right" people that is someone else), they should simply say those with this GPA or have scored x on the entrance exam will be accepted those how didn't won't. Simple.

Same with business, why should someone by the color of their skin or what sex they were born, be given an extra edge over someone else?

The first rule everyone should learn is life isn't fair. Some people will do better than you, some people may hate you, but most people won't care one way or another. You might not get into the school of your choice, tough, deal with it prove the hater wrong, but I don't need or want affirmative action.