Racism: a Common, Elderly Characteristic?

As stories, like Donald Sterling‘s, come to light, I wonder if a predisposition to racist stereotypes among geriatrics is entrenched through how heavily steeped they were in segregation and blatant civil rights oppression. I would never give anyone who practices racism a pass under any circumstances, but it might be a fool’s errand to rehabilitate theirĀ  antiquated and misguided mindsets.