There was no backpedal...lets not invent your strawman to rail against.
I do not use my roots to gain any advantage, just the opposite. I want no advantage except that which I earn. Generally it is those on the left who cannot seem to get past my heritage. Don't you feel the same? The fawning of idiots, who think by starting a conversation with "what tribe" or "what nation" is endearing or boasts their evidence of knowledge, actually is insulting to me. I don't live on a "indian land" and I take no government money (or casino money) and I prefer to just live as a man. I am successful at it and my children are successful at it. That happens when you move past the entitlement and resentment.