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Indian origin Polymarket executive apologises for company's racist post
Kumar described the controversial post as one that 'came from a place of misunderstanding, not hate.'
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Sat, 29, Nov 2025
- 02:43 EST
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Neal Kumar / Neal Kumar via X
Days after New York based prediction-market company Polymarket shared a post containing racist language, the company's Indian origin Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Neal Kumar, has come out with an apology statement.
The contentious X post had accused people from certain nationalities or descent of pretending to be women influencers. The platform threatened to revoke the badges of such users for one of its programs. However, in doing so, it used racist slurs against Indians and thereby attracted widespread condemnation. The post has since been deleted after receiving public backlash.
In his apology statement, Kumar said on X, "The post earlier this week from an unofficial Company account was unacceptable, and we take full responsibility."
He added, "As an Indian American, looking up the history of the term sucked."
The post earlier this week from an unofficial Company account was unacceptable, and we take full responsibility. As an Indian American, looking up the history of the term sucked. I've always found engagement to be far more effective than rage, and believe this came from a place…
— Neal Kumar (@HereComesKumar) November 26, 2025
Kumar described the controversial post as one that "came from a place of misunderstanding, not hate."
He further said, "Uncomfortable conversations to understand each other is a practice to live and breathe, and we had one here this week to make us stronger."
A slur against Indians on an official Polymarket account pic.twitter.com/m9uajaEJr6
— Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) November 25, 2025
The apology, however, did not go down well with internet users. The apology was dubbed as insincere as it pushed an Indian to the fore to apologise even when "the racist post came from a verified Polymarket-affiliated account and was reposted by their Growth Lead William LeGate."
Users also demanded that the apology should be posted on the company's official handle and not from Kumar's personal account. The internet also demanded an apology from the company's growth lead who had reshared the post.
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