Is Affirmative Action outdated?

Here is the basis for this question. In a rural parish in southern Louisiana, a white female was denied a teaching job. She scored so well on all of the three praxis examinations that she recieved a certificate from the company that administers the exam. She graduated from a local university with honors. She sought employment in her home parish and was not selected due to a federal court ruling requiring the adminstrators of the school system to hire zero non-black employees. This decision came out of a case that was resurrected after it was initially filed in 1969. This individual is highly qualified judging by the information which we have. Is this not an injustice to the students of the school system, both black and white? Why is it that Rev. King's words don't apply today. We should judge people by who they are, their achievements, thier abilities, how they can help and not by the color of their skin. Why would this be ok?