She was born earlier, 1942.
She's not even a Boomer, but Silent Generation... They were critical of the Boomers and counter-culture generation. Many sympathized (like my parents) but mostly never got caught up in it seeing they already came of age, had children young and other matters to tend to. Their generation was categorized as "working within the system."
I am not defending her actions here, yet as a Silent I can see where she's at odds with the model the Williams' were raised in:
"The style of parenting known to the Silents and the generations before them originated in the late 1800s. Representative of this was the idea that "children should be seen but not heard". "
I am not sure I want to equate this to racism.