Black No More · Character
Sisseretta Blandish
Madame Blandish runs a Harlem beauty parlor where Black women buy the straight hair and light skin that will soon be obsolete — and she intends to profit either way.
supporting
Also known as Madame Sisseretta Blandish, Madame Blandish
First appearance: ii
As a supporting figure in Black No More, Sisseretta Blandish is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Her hair-straightening business is failing as customers leave for Black-No-More; she contemplates her identity and future.
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In the social world of Harlem's strivers, Madame Blandish is a small entrepreneur of racial aspiration, selling transformations to women who want to look less like themselves. Her trade depends on the very color line…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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See Sisseretta Blandish in ii