I think about this sometimes. I’m not sure if it’s like the word “guys” or not but I’ve defaulted to just not calling trans women it even if I call cis women nigga because it’s unclear. It’s weird because if I said “niggas” it could be a group of all men or a mixed gender group but not a group of women. However, With all the black women friends I’ve had the word has been used to refer to each other and to men

The word could be used as a slur against women as well. All black people can be niggas. Not just men. So it could be gender neutral??

Also I’ve found that white people mostly see “niggas” as solely referring to black men but who cares what they think? Not me.

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    30 days ago

    nod nod. so i guess tldr, i guess its better to err on the side of caution and just not say it willy nilly even if we are also Black haha. im living in tx now and i think native Black houstonians would say im goofy for overthinking it x)