WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A sports editor for a New Mexico newspaper has apologized after using “scalps” in a tweet to describe a high school basketball team defeating a team with Native American student-athletes. The world “scalp” has a racist history as white settlers regularly cut off pieces of Native Americans’ heads after killing them. Hobbs News-Sun Sports Editor Jason Farmer said Friday his tweet was “very inappropriate and completely insensitive.” Navajo Nation criticized Farmer’s social media post, saying such comments should not be normalized.











