[ClearCase_guy]

I’ve seen this as a sort of cultural “control” thing. I’ve seen a black man walk down the sidewalk at — let’s say — three miles an hour. He then steps into the street, at about — ohhh — three miles an hour.

And

Then

He

slowly

walks

across

while

glaring

at

the

drivers

[JimRed]

glaring

at

the

drivers

I call that "The Look". It says I'd kill you if I thought I could get away with it. As opposed to the high school aged white kids who do the similar slow-walk, but with a smirk instead.

[SamAdams76]

The "pimp roll" was coined by author Tom Wolfe. Here is an excerpt from "Bonfire of the Vanities":

“He had the same pumping swagger that practically every young defendant in the Bronx affected, the Pimp Roll. Such stupid self-destructive macho egos, thought Kramer. They never failed to show up with the black jackets and the sneakers and the Pimp Roll..."

As one who spends a lot of time in NYC, I know exactly of what he speaks. A lot of white kids do this too, by the way.