My employer is a Federal Contractor, we are working at the Atlanta Airport on several federally funded aviation projects. As part of our training for these projects we were required to take a "Diversity Awareness" class, the theme of the class was "a diverse team makes a good team". The classroom was virtually in the shadow of the FAA control tower.

It sounds like you are dealing with one misguided bureaucrat in this particular case. I doubt if his boss would share his opinion.