High and Low Culture

The first week of our English class revolved mainly around culture, and the various factors within that particular group that makes it become a culture.  People would argue that there is a higher level of culture that one can achieve through either their taste in music (Mozart, for example), appreciation for the fine arts, or if you have the right funds to buy a nice house right smack in the middle of the suburbs, living happily with your spouse and children-the All American Family.  Sometimes I wonder, what entails people the right to be considered members of that "higher" culture?  Anyone can appreciate the fine arts, from the multi-millionaire businessman to the poor immigrant living in the ghetto.  Do you have to have a little bit of both taste in music and money?  Or maybe there is no such thing as a "higher" level of culture, and that the status of certain cultures exists only because our society says so.