Talk:Amarie Treadeau/@comment-688991-20170807184534

Amma is of specifically African descent. Her racial background is made clear from the beginning. Her great-aunt Ivy was the cook at Greenbriar, which was a slave position on Civil War era plantations. In addition, both Ivy and Amma speak fluent Gullah, which is a creole language originally created and used by slaves in South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida, with its roots in West and Central Africa. And the mix of Voodoo, Hoodoo, and Christianity Amma and the Greats practice is also of African origin.

Besides that, the language style used for Amma is representative of older African American ladies in the rural South. She is based on a strong archtype.