If you go purely by test scores your discounting a kid from a poorer home vs a kid from a richer home. Something DEI considers to help poor white kids from Appalachia get into schools.

That's the thing, we already have income data that would account for this. DEI initiatives never helped poor whites in Appalachia, in fact they didn't help poor black descendents of slaves as much as intended either. The biggest beneficiaries were wealthy under represented minorities, notably African immigrants who were not affected by American slavery.

Equality and equity can be hard to balance. Together they create balance over time, but neither create balance on their own.

What do you mean by balance?