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WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU? Black culture website The Root has published a blog editorial about the woes of frequently embattled R&B singers Chris Brown and Bobby Brown . Bobby Brown claims that he was pushed away from the funeral of his recently deceased ex-wife, Whitney Houston . Chris Brown has reportedly been recording songs with ex-girlfriend Rihanna , whom he was convicted of battering in 2009. http://tinyurl.com/7n6974a You know what? Stop it ! Neither Bobby Brown nor Chris Brown are revolutionaries! They are not human rights activists! They are not Afrocentric academics! They're not! Just because they can sing and dance does not mean they are particularly wise, ethical or moral. Talent does not indicate that they are open to advancing their knowledge, formally or informally. They are both celebrities who have (especially in the case of Bobby) squandered much of their goodwill with self-indulgent, petulant behavior over the years. Just because they are singers with an &