This article provides the syllabus for the course "WRA 125--Writing: The Ethnic and Racial Experience: An Afrocentric Approach." This course will examine writing the American, ethnic and racial experience, using an Afrocentric framework to explore the field of Composition Studies. Students will be introduced to Ebonics/African American Language (AAL) and African American Rhetoric (AAR) as systems of speaking and writing, equally legitimate to Standard Academic English (SAE), the writing that students typically do in school.