SoCal mom holds protest outside school after daughter was allegedly called a 'slave' and whipped at

A Southern California mother is leading the charge to expel a student who she claims snapped a jump rope at her black daughter and referred to her as a 'slave.' 

Jasmine Harris' says her 10-year-old daughter recently became the target of an offensive, racially charged comment while she was at lunch with her friends. 

According to Harris, a young white boy at her child's school whipped a jump rope toward her daughter - Paris Barnes - and told her to 'get back to work, you slave.' 

The mom is now demonstrating outside of Santiago Elementary School in Santa Ana to bring awareness and attempt to have school officials take action. 

'They're sweeping it underneath the rug,' said Harris, who spoke with ABC 7 Los Angeles about the disturbing incident. 

Jasmine Harris' says her 10-year-old daughter recently became the target of an offensive, racially charged comment while she was at lunch with her friends

According to Harris, a young white boy at her child's school whipped a jump rope toward her daughter - Paris Barnes - and told her to 'get back to work, you slave'

Harris told the Southern California TV station she is all but ready to pull her daughter from the district but is hoping to see repercussions for the boy involved.  

'I want the little boy to get expelled. I want them to do something about this,' Harris said.

She said she has yet to find out if the child has been disciplined at all for the incident, which she claims happened on March 1. 

The mom and a group of other parents held a protest outside Monday, demanding answers from Santiago Elementary and Santa Ana Unified School District officials.

Jessica Garcia and Maria Gomez - both parents of students in the district - expressed their dissatisfaction with how the school has handled bullying of any kind. 

'I don't think it's fair that so many parents are going through the same thing,' said Garcia. 

'They see that it's so many kids involved and there's nothing being done about it,' she continued. 

Gomez agreed with Garcia and Harris, telling the TV station: 'There's clearly a [systemic] issue that no one is paying attention to.' 

Barnes also spoke with ABC 7 and said she is still reeling from the incident. 

'It was very disrespectful and I just felt really hurt inside,' the young girl said.

Harris says because of the inadequate response from the district and school administrators, she has now gone to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. 

She is hoping the young boy is charged with a hate crime and attempted assault on a minor, she said. 

DailyMail.com reached out to the Orange County District Attorney's Office for comment but did not receive a response by the time of publication. 

The mom and a group of other parents held a protest outside Monday, demanding answers from Santiago Elementary and Santa Ana Unified School District officials.

Jessica Garcia and Maria Gomez - both parents of students in the district - expressed their dissatisfaction with how the school has handled bullying of any kind.

'I want the little boy to get expelled. I want them to do something about this,' Harris said

'There's clearly a [systemic] issue that no one is paying attention to,' said Maria Gomez

'My heart goes out to Paris, to the young lady, and I just want to make sure that she gets the support that the student needs,' said superintendent Jerry Almendarez 

This is Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. Harris said she went to the district attorney's office and is hoping charges are brought against the young boy

In a statement to ABC 7, Santa Ana Unified School District superintendent Jerry Almendarez said he and his staff are working on a solution and have a formal investigation underway. 

'My heart goes out to Paris, to the young lady, and I just want to make sure that she gets the support that the student needs, but also making sure that we also provide the support so this doesn't happen again,' Almendarez said.

DailyMail.com reached out to Almendarez for additional comment but did not receive a response by the time of publication. 

Now, Barnes says she still feels uncomfortable going back to school.  

'I'm not really comfortable going back to school because I don't know if he'll do it again because no one really, like, said if he was going to be in that much trouble,' Barnes said.