Black America

America is a fan-made character in Axis Powers Hetalia.

Attributes
Hardworking, Family Oriented, traumatized, creative and Kind

== Appearance==

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She has mahogany skin with dark brown eyes and medium-length dark brown hair, usually hanging loosely in braids. For special occasions, she will straighten her hair, but for business, she simply puts it up in a braided bun. Her “ahoge” is a curly hair at the base of her neck. It represents Atlanta, Georgia, capital of "the dirty South". Much like Alfred’s glasses that represent ‘Texas’, she always wears grey hoop earrings that resemble wheels- these represent Detroit, Michigan.

After the ending of slavery, she was malnourished and pained. In her journey to becoming whole again, she grew to a healthy weight (the comments on her big hips after talking about her being enslaved is crazy you fiends). After growing this weight though she didn't want many observations or comments being made on her body, as she was fetishied disgustingly often. And the wounds from that affected her self image so much that she still is recovering from it to this day.

Margaret’s uniform is identical the the uniform worn by black women sent to Europe in War World II, excepting the star clipped on her jacket striped in red, green and black, the colors of the African American flag. She is often seen with her hand on her hip and a half-smile on her face, if she's not being taken seriously she's perceived as too aggressive. This is a skill she's had to learn for decades.

Personality and Interests
Black America is a boisterous and kind woman with a no-toleration for rude behavior. Having spent her childhood under the foot of other countries as a slave, she cannot be treated rudely by others. She has the habit of trying to mother others since often times she saw many children of slaves and slave families being broken as members were sold away. She cannot let go of family ties. She loves cooking and her food usually comes from what she can remember of her cultural roots and some of the nations that took part in her enslaving and colonization. This is evident in places such as Louisiana and its obvious French colonization, or Florida, and its more Spaniard colonial roots. Not only does her cuisine have influences from European countries but it is also influenced by African dishes as well, especially soulfood which is very popular among African Americans in the deep south.

She has a very perceptive personality and is attentive-- however, at low moments, she constantly struggles with a left-over inferiority complex that is constantly supported by the world around her that breaks her down over and over. Black America in truth isnt as strong as everyone makes her out to be to feel better about abusing her. She is a strong willed fighter and had to learn to speak up for her and her people's rights but she's actually incredibly vulnerable. Because of her role as a slave in the construction of Southern United States she has had to put up a front for a very long time, which has lead her to not properly heal or feel safe in her own nation for quite awhile. And because of this she has retained a sort of inferiority complex and often struggles to ever praise herself or note her efforts.

Tasha aches to leave the country and travel. When she was stationed in Europe she took a liking to French culture and admired France for being a country that wasn’t discriminatory against black people until she learned about what happened to her brother in what is now Haiti and decided against it. She went to her first World meeting in 1965 after convincing Alfred that the ideas she had regarding the continued fight for peace. She was appalled that she could barely get a word in without shouting over a table full of mostly men. She lost control and told the countries “Well that’s why you can never accomplish anything in these meetings". That day she gained the respect and friendship of Elizabeta (Hungary). Many Western European countries are aware of her existence, as England brought her home with him before exporting/ leaving her on American soil.

America
Tasha finds Alfred irritating, silly and genuinely ignorant to the problems going around him, she never got the chance to view him as a brother due to his involvementwith not only enslaving her but then continuing to enforce it for years. Being that he is a forged nation he is also younger than her. Having being literally dehumanized by him at at all times and fought him for common rights at others, she sometimes has mixed feelings about the nation. On one hand she holds deep resentment and trauma from being tortured and fighting for her freedom from one being, and on the other this is her home now. After several years after the civil war she writes him a note or something about things going on. (Why would she ever invite her enslaver to her house dog, that makes no sense)

Post-independence from England, Alfred split into the Confederacy where the slavery got worse. Tasha was approximately fourteen in human years. She was forced to marry the split, who depended on her enslavement to survive. Because Alfred didn't need her labor, he did nothing to fight for his sister of sorts- formerly because he was taught that people that didn't look or think like him were lesser than worms. This took a grave corrupting toll on her.

England
Arthur Kirkland is Black America's kidnapper and enslaver. He stole her from specifically Cameroon to his home. Cameroon at this time allowed her daughter to go with Arthur (seeing as she had no other choice). At the time, Arthur has no feelings for his child and considered her lower than himself to the point of dehumanizing her. He noted her diligence and hard-working attitude and used this to his advantage, giving her to Alfred as a literal slave to the growing country.

Needless to say, she hates him a lot and blames him for all the pain and suffering she persevered through as a slave because he is literally the reason for it.

Canada
Tashas fine with Matthew. Because of his proximity to whiteness he still treats her and people that look like her as lesser than but Between her two “brothers” she relates the most to him. She knows what it is like to be left out and forgotten as well as when it’s necessary to use your voice and speak out for the better of their people. Canada doesn’t understand all of the food Margaret makes but after giving her sweet potato pie a taste he took some home. They only see each other during Christmas, Thanksgiving, and occasional world meetings because even though Matthew doesn’t celebrate the American holiday he’ll never miss an opportunity to enjoy his sister’s food.pause. even bigger pause.

Cameroon
Cameroon is Tasha'a mother. Tasha doesn't remember her extremely well, but she is aware of her role in life. She doesn't blame her mother for her misfortunes, probably because she was literally manipulated and then forced into selling her daughter. She still has some of the Yoruba and Igbo emblems that her mother gave her as a child.

Trivia

 * Her birthday corresponds with the official abolishment of slavery as a whole as stated in the 13th Amendment (December 6th, 1865). That's stupid she was someone before she was stolen.
 * Tasha has three names. 'Charlotte', her Cameroonian name, 'Zilla', the name she was given as a slave, and Margaret as a self given name to show her independence from any former persons holding power over her. She named herself Tasha during the Harlem Renaissance.
 * Tasha learned English in the South. Therefore, she has a Southern lilt in her voice.
 * Tasha is a spiritual person. Because of black peoples deep ties with Christianity and spirituality it remains with her to this day, but it has completely evolved since she's come her. Often you will see her practitioning with a mixture of hoodoo and Christianity. Arthur dislikes this as it's something out of his control. This scares him.
 * Tasha had other siblings that went to different parts of the Americas during the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, theyre all so different now. She mourns their divide.