JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<p id="p" onclick="doo(event, this);">
<a href="#">foo</a>
<span>bar</span>
</p>
JavaScript
function doo(e, el) {
e = e || window.event;
var target = e.target || e.srcElement;
console.log(target);
console.log(el);
}