Tokumitsu asserts that “‘Do what you love’ disguises the fact that being able to choose a career primarily for personal reward is an unmerited privilege, a sign of that person’s socioeconomic class”...

Tokumitsu asserts that “‘Do what you love’ disguises the fact that being able to choose a career primarily for personal reward is an unmerited privilege, a sign of that person’s socioeconomic class” (par. 17). Do you share this assumption that people who can choose work they love are generally in a comfortable socioeconomic bracket? Does anything in your experience support or disprove this assumption? Tokumitsu believes that “emotionally satisfying work is still work, and … refusing to acknowledge it … opens the door to the most vicious exploitation and harms all workers” (par. 25). Think of examples from the media or your own experience that illustrate or refute her point about “exploitation.” How does refusing to acknowledge that satisfying work is still work damage workers who don’t necessarily love what they do?