Sister friend. Girl friend. Catching up with your girls, only you more than likely don’t know the majority of these women. That happened for me and several other black women, Friday February 17, 2017 at Queen Zuri in New Haven, CT with a group of beautiful and intelligent black women. Black Girl Time hosted by Kimberly N. Foster, Founder of For.Harriet which was everything that For.Harriett offers plus some.


Melanated beauty stood its ground as women with tresses speaking loudly in amazing curls and coils walked in ready to plant our seeds in the soil about to be harvested. Seated in smaller tables in the dining room, Kimberly opened with introduction of great topics in the form of just about everything affecting the black woman in America today. We chimed in on how we handle being addressed or over looked at work due to being a black woman, and how we engage with what is occurring in the United States with the news and social media as sources and how we handle it to one of my favorite topics stemmed off of other comments leading to “As a black woman, do you separate yourself as being black before being a woman?” 


I for one, consider myself to be black & woman (a double minority) but believe that society often tends to separate due to my blackness before being a woman. When a person second guesses holding certain conversations with me, I believe that 97% of the time it is not because I am a woman first. On applications, I don’t check black woman. It is often times Gender: Woman. Ethnicity: African American (Black). Often separated maybe fore the sake of filing but yet still separated before being joined. Walking down the street, the first thing visible is the color of my skin. Hazelnut brown. Followed by my feminine curves. Men will never understand what it is like to be a woman and other ethnicities will never understand what it is like to be black. I happen to live and love being both. All of these great conversations occurred with stories and “mmmm” murmured solidifying that if no one else does, I get you Girl! 


Queen Zuri was the creole location of Black Girl Time also catered with an amazing option of food including chicken, cat fish or an vegetarian option. As a pescatarian, I was elated to try the seafood option and was pleasantly surprised with the food. We started with a salad followed by our entrees and I was very impressed with my cat fish, collard greens, Mac and cheese with a side of corn bread and let’s not forget the incredible service. Dessert was also an option with a yellow cake with chocolate frosting or bread pudding. As the fattastic Queen, hear me when I say that I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be back.


All in all, these black women in your own neighborhood have great knowledge of self awareness and where they choose to stand amongst society and our own paths. Kimberly, to you we thank you for an amazing social experience in our back yard and I look forward to your book!

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Were you present at Black Girl Time? If so, what were your thought and favorite moments? Do other readers intend on attending Black Girl Time? Rep your city Girl! Where are you from?


Stay tuned. Stay Curious. Be blessed.

Danita aka Natural Bajan Female