[quote name='manthing']See, I thought it was from the African country.
Since some Italians are/were darker than say, Germans, it was a way to imply negro blood in Italian ancestry.[/QUOTE]
Northern Italians are more fair skinned...this is true. The further south you go, then you pick up the Grecian influence. Keep going south further still...yeah.
Besides, Sicily is actually its own country. Not a good idea to call the more sensitive Italians a Sicilian.