This has been something on my mind lately and I am glad this forum exists. We have been taught radical acceptance of self, others and the world as the backbone of REBT and DBT but does it contradict with the concept of radical empathy? (In this specific post, however, I am ONLY talking about radical acceptance of others and the world)
As psychologists we are supposed to prevent the mental disorders as a whole (and that would include say, tackling racism as a whole) and is not quite limited to the treatment. Living in a world with systematic oppression (gender, religious or racial) does radical acceptance of the world and the people lead people to learned helplessness? For example if somebody is an abusive relationship, are we encouraging someone to stay in an abusive marriage by ''radically accepting'' their significant other? Does it enable the the cycle of abuse rather than breaking it? Are there more contemporary approaches to it?