"Oreo," "Uncle Tom" or "sellout" are just a few of the derogatory terms used to refer to someone who is Black but "acts white." But what defines authentic blackness in the post-Civil Rights scene? What are the markers of Black authenticity, and how stable are they? Post-Authenticity investigates the concept of authentic blackness in memoirs written by authors born after the end of the Civil Rights and Black power Movements, when previous notions of racial authenticity are not only revised but completely debunked. Through a historical overview of how notions of racial authenticity have evolved over time, Post-Authenticity highlights the uniqueness of the post-Civil Rights era, where unprecedented opportunities for African Americans co-exist with the perpetuation of racial barriers that the fights of the previous decades should have removed.