Calling “Clarence” a “black” name is really rather surprising since king Edward IV of England was the Duke of Clarence before he became king. That makes it historically far more of an English name than a “black” one.
Gene Chandler is the Duke of Earl
I was wondering if that was a typo. I don’t associate Clarence with being a “black” name, even when we have a black supreme court justice who happens to be using it. “Clarice” on the other hand I mentally associate with black women though, fortunately, I don’t particularly associate it with the ghetto.