It's perfectly contextual (the whole point of the article is looking past records kept by European explorers). I think maybe people grate at seeing the words "white|European male" in any context but that's not the writers problem, that's a fact integral to the story.
Here's the passage in question for those that haven't seen TFA.
>Wehi said collating traditional Maori accounts helped give a broader view of Antarctic history, beyond the accounts of European male explorers that usually predominate.
>"History tends to be told by one voice and there's often a dominant narrative," she told the New Zealand Herald.
> "Often indigenous history and even women's history becomes invisible, so for me it's about making that history visible."
I was offended because of the male adjective. If they had said European explorers that would have been normal but the gender of the European explorers seems to not be very relevant and included only for political signalling reasons.
> Often indigenous history
Often indigenous history is not history because it is not written. Usually it's a collection of stories with wildly varying roots in facts.
Here's the passage in question for those that haven't seen TFA.
>Wehi said collating traditional Maori accounts helped give a broader view of Antarctic history, beyond the accounts of European male explorers that usually predominate.
>"History tends to be told by one voice and there's often a dominant narrative," she told the New Zealand Herald.
> "Often indigenous history and even women's history becomes invisible, so for me it's about making that history visible."