JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
<ul class="activeTabsList">
    <li class="activeTabsListItem">Should match</li>
    <li class="activeTabsListItem selected">Shouldn't match</li>
</ul>

CSS

.selected { color: red; }

JavaScript

$('.activeTabsList').delegate('.activeTabsListItem:not(.selected)', 'click', function() { 
   alert('here'); 
});