THE ICKES ARE ABOUT TO OPEN A STUDIO IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO.

From

DECLARATION OF CAUSES: February 2, 1861
A declaration of the causes which impel the State of Texas to secede from the Federal Union.

That in this free government all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal civil and political rights; that the servitude of the African race, as existing in these States, is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator, as recognized by all Christian nations; while the destruction of the existing relations between the two races, as advocated by our sectional enemies, would bring inevitable calamities upon both and desolation upon the fifteen slave-holding States.

So: are the Ickes racist?

IMHO: absolutely!

More to come later.