I agree with NJ ... but I'm more worried about hispanics, muslims and gay people than black folks. Not that this coming prejudice won't touch African-Americans ... I think there's other rabid hatreds out there now, especially towards hispanics and muslims among poor white folks.
The tightening economy will make some rationalize hiring prejudice against gay people. "Straight people raising families should get preference for jobs," they'll rationalize, "and should get pay raises first." This is illegal, but people will start getting desperate. Meanwhile, this will create more of a sense of urgency for gay folks to get legitimate legal protection for their family relationships.
Baby boomers will be unable to retire as early as they hoped, causing them to stay in the workplace longer and longer. This will result in a lower standard of living for younger generations for a longer period of time.
However, there will be a drive to return to a sense of societal morality (doing more for others) and being kinder and more understanding for the less fortunate. This will go head to head with some of the prejudices that will flare up (mentioned above).
National health coverage in the US will occur, but on a piecemeal basis. Corporate lobbyists will help drive this, urging congress to get health care coverage off their backs, so that companies don't have to pay rising health premiums and other costs year after year. They will, instead, agree to more of a fixed payment to the government to get the responsibility for health care away from corporations to the government in a way that people will have more choice for coverage than they do now.
I will continue to get nice birthday gifts year after year.