That saying is from my Grandma. She is a pretty dark Italian lady, although a lot of it is from spending her whole life in the California sun. Thus some people say I am a nigger. She gets pissed when people mistake her for Hispanic. Hilariously I have horrible skin. It's pale white from my Norwegian side -- that's not the problem. I just get all kinds of skin ailments, and you can see every blemish because I'm so fucking pale. Two of my sisters got the Olive Italian skin and are very beautiful. Better that than the other way around, I suppose.