He edited the first one so I have no choice but to call it as ignorance and *possible* racism. Had he kept it as a sign of no wrong doing, you could argue it was acceptable but the fact he took it down says a lot (white guilt).
The second one is straight up ignorance/racism so there's no defending that at all. The muslim activists are tearing him a new one on social media and rightfully so.
He is basically saying that African is beautiful. Why are people mad about this? There was a time in America where people would never even think about Africa or its people.
It's going to be silly and mildly offensive. so what? 
