Govee included a book on ‘White Supremacy’ in its website imagery

Two screenshots showing books titled “White Supremacy” featured in a Govee product image.

The sort of light reading material you’d expect to find in a childs bedroom. | Image by Govee, compiled by The Verge

Companies often include background props in their product imagery that serve as set dressing, but one of Govee’s decorative choices is raising some eyebrows. An eagle-eyed Verge reader spotted that two copies of a book with “White Supremacy” plastered on the spine were included in a lifestyle image on Govee’s website, in a scene that seemingly depicts a child’s bedroom.

You’d be forgiven for assuming that this is the result of some failed generative AI experiment, or the work of a rogue designer. (The image didn’t contain any C2PA and SynthID data when we checked, but that doesn’t necessarily rule out that something was generated with AI to …

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