JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.0.13/css/all.css" integrity="sha384-DNOHZ68U8hZfKXOrtjWvjxusGo9WQnrNx2sqG0tfsghAvtVlRW3tvkXWZh58N9jp" crossorigin="anonymous">



<select>
<option selected value="fa fa-github">Github &#xf09b;</option>
</select>
<i class="fab fa-github"> </i>

CSS

select {
  font-family: 'Font Awesome\ 5 Brands' , 'arial'
}