On a crisp September day in 2011, in the commercial district of Manhattan Island, a small protest began in Liberty Square against the fiscal atrocities committed by the economic institutions that led to the crisis financial and subsequent economic recession in 2007 and 2008. Over the course of the month, the protest movement against the failure of justice and democracy following the economic catastrophe and the overall unequal and unjust distribution of wealth spread to over 100 American cities and 1,500 cities worldwide. The revolutionary movement was called Occupy Wall Street and, through the occupation and protest of the symbolic location of the financial elite, Wall Street, the crusade aimed to “[revolt] against the corrosive power of major banks and multinationals over the democratic process.” With national and international media attention in the months following the initial demonstration, Occupy Wall Street gained a global reputation as representing the bottom 99 percent protesting the tax tyranny of the top 1 percent of income earners. in the United States that was “writing the rules of an unjust global economy…[and] foreclosing [America's] future” (“Who We Are”). Occupy Wall Street brought the controversy over income inequality to the forefront of American society, the public, and politics, as the issue was largely overlooked in favor of social and racial diversity and inequality. These problems illustrate only one dimension of the multilayered diversity in America, the social aspect. While social diversity is an integral component of the foundation of American society today, issues of income and wealth diversity are also critical. Income inequality and its implications can be traced back to…half of the document…transcript of the United States Constitution.” The Charters of Freedom. Archives.gov and Web. February 27, 2014. “Turnout Rates for the 2012 General Election.” Election project in the United States. George Mason University, 2012. Web. February 27, 2014. “2012 Presidential Race.” OpenSecrets.org. The Center for Responsive Politics, 2012. Web. May 25, 2014. “Trends in the Wealth of Members of Congress.” OpenSecrets.org. The Center for Responsive Politics, nd Web. 25 May 2014. .Williams, Roberton. “CBO Details Growing Income Inequality in the United States.” Forbes. Forbes, December 9, 2013. Web. February 27. 2014. .