A positive view of Black history takes root in CT FacebookTwitterEmail Maame Obeng, an African-American teen attending Danbury High School, feels lucky to live in a diverse town where she’s able to see other people who look like her at school. “However, I did partake in numerous Advanced Placement honors classes. When I was in class, my classmates weren’t African-American. They weren’t Hispanic,” she said. “I looked around the class and everybody was white.” As schools recognize and mark the start of Black History Month with celebration and education, Obeng and many other people of color say they’re not looking forward to hearing more about slavery, segregation and the Civil War, along with many other events that traumatized and killed Black people.