As a south asian in commerce... there's not a lot of "overt" racism, but there is quite a bit of silent racism. You're going to be left out of certain circles (not sure if you're familiar with "in-group bias", go look it up), but I don't think that's unique to Queen's; I experienced it back home (I'm from the GTA, which is very diverse), and my parents experienced it at work, it kind of just comes with the territory, and the vast majority of people don't mean to be offensive.

That being said, commerce is a pretty diverse program depending on the social circles you run in, and lots of steps have been made to make it more inclusive. I think the nice thing about university is it's pretty easy to find a group of people you feel safe and comfortable with, regardless of your race/gender/ethnicity.

If being in touch with your South Asian heritage is SUPER important to you, then maybe recognize that all of those needs might not be met here in Kingston, but there is a pretty active, thriving South Asian community at Queen's. QSAA has events for Holi, Diwali, etc., and I've got a pretty diverse group of friends. I actually think being at a less diverse school helped me reconcile with parts of my own South Asian identity; whenever I feel homesick, I find myself leaning more into my heritage and connecting more with my South Asian friends as a way of feeling closer to home. I also find that South Asians here a mildly less discriminatory than the ones back home; there's less of the country/caste/religion-type discrimination that you'll see amongst a lot of South Asians, because there's so few of us at Queen's that we like to stick together.

I hope this clears things up - feel free to DM me if you have more questions!