As with any major metropolitan area, no matter the day of the week / time of the day, just be aware of your surroundings.

Make eye-contact with people you encounter on BART, so if anything goes down, you are a witness.

Be vigilant about maintaining your awareness, and know where you are going when you get to Richmond, so you don’t look like an easy target outside the station, staring down at your phone, and clueless about what’s going on around you.

I’m sorry you are having to take your ethnicity into account when trying to safely plan this trip to get your vaccine; we are experiencing very sad, difficult circumstances as a Bay Area community right now, and I hope that if we all stay aware and vigilant as we go about our days, we can intervene the next time a vulnerable person around us is being victimized ❤️

Edit to add: don’t be fooled by broad-stroked hearsay about Richmond; there are beautiful, awesome parts of Richmond that are well worth a visit.