dead white male
noun [ C ] informal (also dead white European male)
已过世的白人男性（已去世的男性作家或其他著名人物因为是白人而备受尊敬，而不是因为其作品比其他人更值得尊敬）
a male writer or other famous person who may be highly respected because he was a white man who is no longer alive, rather than because his work deserves more respect than that of others
Students upset by the focus on “dead white males” demanded that the lower division class be replaced with one more inclusive toward women, minorities, and non-Western cultures. 一些学生对 "已过世白人男性 "受到的重点关注感到不满，要求将低年级课程换成对女性、少数民族和非西方文化更具包容性的内容。