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title: "Robert Nikic: My Parents Were From Opposite Sides of a War"
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# Robert Nikic: My Parents Were From Opposite Sides of a War

Robert Nikic on growing up with a Serbian mother and a Croatian father, and why he looks at people as people rather than where they're from.

- Published: 2026-10-16
- Watch: https://robertnikic.com/media/my-parents-were-from-opposite-sides-of-a-war

## Transcript

My mother was Serbian. My father was Croatian, right? So I know what it's like when two sides are against each other, opposing each other, supposedly, during the war. Yet my dad escaped that war, went to Germany, I was born, and we came to the United States with nothing. So when it comes to where someone's from, I tend to filter that out entirely. I look at people as people. I don't profile people by where they're from. For example, there's a lot of stigma between Serbians and Albanians. You respect me, I respect you. That's the approach I take.