. >> now joining us is ilyasah shabazz, who has written this children's book, "nelson little." miss shabazz, who are your parents. >> guest: my father, malcolm x. my mother, dr. shabazz. two mew handtareans. >> host: what do you remember about your father? >> guest: i wrote in my first book, growing up x, my father coming home, flicker can images, big pearly white teeth, tall, 6'5", very tall man with great presence and always smiling. i remember the way he called my name, with lots of authority, that would stop me in my tracks. just things like that. sharing cookies together. a beautiful doll i had. >> host: what do you remember about the day he was killed? >> guest: fortunately i don't remember that. but when i was writing "growing up x" ill i realized it had an impact because when my uncle came to visit us, i was four or five years old, and i remember when he was leaving, that it was traumatizing. i just remember crying uncontrollably, and so i knew that somehow that must have been indicative of me missing my father. >> host: who is earl little? >> guest: earl little was --

ilyasah shabazz, daughter of malcolm and eddie shabazz is the author.p next on booktv "after words" with guest host professor and commentator marc lamont hill. this week's jeff chang and his latest book "who we be" the colorization of america. in the book the author of can't stop won't stop examines the idea of racial progress and discusses how racist you today in an increasingly diverse america. the program is about an hour. >> host: jeff chang its eyes good to see you. talk to me about this book, "who we be." why this book in my now? >> guest: the white? >> guest: the white now isn't up to me actually. we were looking at trying to get this book out in 2009 to 2010 but ended up taking longer to pray. i can go into why a little bit later but the book is about the colorization of america which is my term for looking at the demographic changes we have seen in the last half century century and a cultural sisters their accounting that. >> host: when you say colorization this is a term that i found baffling. what does that mean exactly? >> guest: it's meant