U5A1_COUN5336.docx COUN 5336 Carter Case Analysis School of Nursing and Health Sciences

U5A1_COUN5336.docx  COUN 5336  Carter Case Analysis  School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Capella University  COUN 5336: Counseling and Advocating Diverse Populations  Multiracial Americans are fast growing population in the United States as well as all around the world.  “Yet, multiracial individuals and families remain marginalized and overlooked by mainstream U.S. society” (AAMFT, 2021). It is because of this that issues and struggles that these individuals face are often misunderstood by family, friends, and co-workers. In this paper we will be looking at the Carter family and the struggles that they are facing as a multiracial family.  Overview on the Carter Family  The Carters are a mixed-race middle-class family who live in a Riverbend City neighborhood.  Sarah, the mother and wife is an African- American, Raymond the father and husband to Sarah is of Scots-Irish decent, and their son James has recently begun his 10th grade year of high school.  James has always been a student who has taken pride in his schoolwork, achieving top grades in elementary and middle school. However recently, Sarah and Raymond have had several meetings with James teachers to discuss his poor grades. Not only is James at a risk of failing three of his classes, but he has also been coming home smelling of alcohol and marijuana (which he denies having used).  While talking to the family it appears that Raymond (European decent) would like James to identify more with his “white” side. Being in a multiraci