In the lesson, students encounter stories about the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the Veterans Administration, redlining, blockbusting, zoning, racially restrictive deeds and covenants, and move-in violence. Students also meet people who fought bravely against this dizzying array of racist policies.

The mixer lesson by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca is based on Richard Rothstein's book, The Color of Law (Liveright, 2017), which shows how government policies segregated every major city in the United States with dire consequences for African Americans.

Based on The Color of Law, it teaches about residential segregation in a fashion that is both accurate and creative. With it, teachers can correct the misinformation in textbooks that typically promote a myth that we came to be segregated by private actions alone.

If younger generations finally learn the truth with a lesson like this, they'll be in a better position to redress the unconstitutional segregation and inequality that was created by our government. ---- Richard Rothstein