Music that's been called 'jazz' said a lot to me because it came out of the experience of an oppressed people. At the same time, it spoke to the beauty and passion of people who in spite of their oppression affirmed their humanity. Then came the Marines. Harvard was next and hardly better. It became clear that privilege doesn't equate with talent, ability, intelligence, or hard work.
Privilege is simply privilege.
Ho steered a wide path around the Eurocentric music department, majoring in sociology. After college Ho became a construction worker, and started working with nonprofessional musicians at community centers. Yale University's Minority Freshmen weekend, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio. A portrait of Ho on the wall was painted and sent to him by a Puerto Rican nationalist prisoner incercerated in Wisconsin. To de-Europeanize the world.