"The Meiji Restoration was a major revolution that brought an end to over 260 years of feudal government. In its place, a democratic social and political system was established based on constitutional law over the course of about 20 years, and it led to significant economic reforms and growth."
Racial steering, as the name suggests, is a practise in which the real estate broker show a possible real estate buyer certain places in certain neighborhoods and don't show any other available state to them. They advise whether to take or not a home in regards of their race. This is what the exercise is describing: a minority couple being manipulated or lied to by a salesperson that does not show certain listings.