In resigning as Harvard president, Claudine Gay couldn’t have made it clearer Tuesday why she absolutely had to go.

She basically blamed racism for her exit, claiming she was “subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.”

Not a word of apology for her morally bankrupt response to Hamas’ massacre of Israelis or for allowing vicious antisemitism to fester on her campus.

Not even a word of regret for her carelessness (at least!) in apparently plagiarizing throughout her academic career.

Indeed, Gay played clueless about any of her stunning missteps — and actually took offense at the “doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor.”

Those are “bedrock values that are fundamental to who I am,” she claimed.

“Confronting hate”? Please.

In fact, she struggled for days to denounce Hamas’ Oct. 7 atrocities unequivocally.

And excused calls for Jewish genocide and hatred as expressions of free speech, even as Harvard on her watch earned worst-in-the-nation status on protecting speech, as it let lefties routinely silence speakers they disliked.

“Upholding scholarly rigor”? Hah! Harvard students were appalled by how she was getting away with plagiarism.

As for “racial animus”: Gay, who is black, was likely tapped for the post and benefited in large part because of her race and her dedication to racist “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” tenets.

Pathetically, the Harvard board echoed her race-card red herring in its own statement, blasting the “repugnant and in some cases racist vitriol directed at her.”

All victimhood; no introspection.

“I considered myself particularly blessed by the opportunity . . . to learn from and grow with one another,” Gay preened in her letter.

Well, as long as you’re not white or Jewish.