The Power To Discern…

The dark blue color is not black.

Bassey BY
The Yessba
4 min readSep 19, 2024

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Look for patterns, ask questions, pay attention to actions, believe in yourself, and move away. It probably isn’t if it’s too good to be true.

One morning, my then under two-year-old son was learning his color. He pointed to my pump and said, “Black shoes!” “It’s dark blue,” I replied. “Dark blue!” he puzzled. He laid to examine the shoes on my feet himself, and we had a childhood conversation about how the colors look similar and different.

Practicing critical thinking and trusting oneself allows us to trust others and enjoy the benefit of not participating in never-ending abuse, self-hate, or self-destruction.

Be you own judge.

Sean Combs “Diddy” Case study-

Sean Combs is innocent until his days in the NYC court.

Too often, rappers sow the seed of mass destruction everywhere they go: weapons, demeaning women, violence, drugs, gold chains, and poverty.

Many rappers’ music and violence serve no one’s interest except themselves, their few friends, and billionaire sponsors.

When it’s too good to be true, it’s not. Whether it’s a cheap airplane ticket, microwave investments, a handsome man or pretty woman with a criminal mindset, or any cheap purchases — be wise.

Let’s see.

Often, megachurch pastors promise their members triple returns if they give 10% of their income. Wall Street scammers pledge a 75 % interest rate if the clients invest a few hundred dollars in their personal accounts.

The list goes on. Be you own judge.

Rappers show young people that easy money flows with easy work and less effort. “Just wake up every morning and demean women on TV and social media and make more money.”

Studies show that rappers and their sponsors do more harm to young blacks than other factors. For practical observation, just walk or drive where rap music is played non-stop, and you will see the destruction of young minds with your two eyes and ears.

Now.

What is your definition of discernment?

Sean Combs

Too often, some women make mistakes and are deceived by men who are almost perfect with clothing, sweet talk, fake empathy, and the almighty power — money.

The news has been flooding around for a few days now.

The man above, Diddy, is out and about with the US law. He will likely get away with many bad things the government accused him of.

Why?

Money talks in the world. He has the money to buy everyone, hire ruthless attorneys, and maybe the rule of law. He is a “fine man” who plays the part — he knows how to talk, dress, and rehearse the rich culture.

Believe it.

For example, the NYC Mayor, a former police officer, gave Diddy “The Key to NYC,” and the American Pastor Jake gave him his bedroom. These people knew themselves, and many New Yorkers knew all these wolves in sheep clothing — Trump, Cosby, Weinstein, Cuomo, Jay-Z, Adam, Diddy, O., and others.

What can I say?

Birds of the same feather flock together with awe and admiration.

Diddy moved and walked in public like a gentleman. No! He wasn’t; most people in his neighborhood and NYC knew who he was, but they enabled him to destroy the lives, hopes, and dreams of the women and men he lorded over.

That is how abuse works in NYC. The abusers and oppressors get a pass, flower, and free power ( they provide money to run the city and employment to many New Yorkers), and the victims are blamed, put in jail, or, sometimes, killed.

Join the conversation

How can people stop protecting these gangsters and keep their homes safe from the distasteful music and violence?

Do you buy or know people who continue to purchase the rappers’ cutthroat concert tickets, music, and cheap clothing and defend them?

Let’s put our money where our interest is — be your own person.

Help yourself grow.

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©BY 09/2024.

References

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447759/#:~:text=Compared%20with%20adolescents%20who%20had,1.5%20times%20as%20likely%20to

https://apnews.com/video/sean-diddy-combs-new-york-law-enforcement-crime-ca57ee32daf14c5e9994b5b33bd3b716

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3260500/8-richest-pastors-and-televangelists-2024-net-worths-ranked-td-jakes-joel-osteen-and-kenneth

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Bassey BY
The Yessba

I write lifestyle stories that help us get healthier, wiser, happier,& wealthier.I like to organize, garden, cook & invest. https://bassey.medium.com/subscribe