JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class='myDiv'>
    <p>hello</p>
    hello
    <p>Hello</p>
</div>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    alert($('.myDiv')
  .contents()
  .filter(function() {
    return this.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE;
  }).text()
);

});