On Aug 30, 10:35*am, wrote:

If it's an older house and the light and wiring were put into place
before grounding was required by code, *you can just replace it
without ground by hooking up the white wire to white and red to
black. * If ground was required by code at the time and it was put in
incorrectly, then it should be corrected by running a wire with ground
to it.

Yes, it's a concrete block house almost 50 years old..

Thanks to both posters for the info.