its almost the same as colored people
and its used for everybody but white people

What would you rather them be called?

You're putting "colored" before "people" as if that's more important than his or her personhood. It's a pejorative in this context. It's not like saying "short person" or "tall person."

Besides that, in the US there were "colored bathrooms" and "colored water fountains" in the super racist 1900s-1960s. It's just...

By my name instead of color

I'm aware, but people of color doesnt sound much better

"Colored people " has a history of being used in the past and with a negative connotation.

stop projecting, i don't post threads often

yes I know, but it lumps literally every person together who isn't white
that doesnt seem right since we're all extremely different

Because it's just a more eloquent way of saying "not white" and doesn't have the loaded history of terms like "colored."

non-white sounds a little dry but I think i would prefer that to be honest

Would you rather LGBT people were called non-straights, too?