According to Alexander (2010), states that the United States has moved to a new form of racism known as colorblind racism. Color-blind racism refers to contemporary racial inequality as the result of non-racial dynamics. The types of practices that take place under colorblind racism are subtle, institutional, and seemingly non-racial. These practices are not overtly racial in nature, such as racism under slavery, segregation, and Jim Crow laws. Instead, colorblind racism thrives on the idea that one potential cause of the disproportionately high incarceration rates of African Americans is their disproportionate poverty. When black people were emancipated, a lot of things were in ruins for everyone. White people didn't know what kind of control they were going to have over people of color. At least when blacks were in slavery, the racial order was maintained most effectively: through contact between slave owners and their slaves, they had control over supervision and discipline, and there was less resistance or rebellious behavior when in control. This threatens the interests of slave owners and creates social distance or inferior behavior from slaves. It seems that white control has become blurred since the disappearance of slavery (Alexander 2010). There is nothing new in the lack of correlation between the previous system, crime and punishment. Punishment is primarily a tool of social control, the extent or severity of the punishment imposed on a person depends on the crime committed. The reality is that the American penal system has emerged as a system of social control